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Astronomer Harlow Shapley, 43, of Harvard. This autumn he created his popular fame by repeatedly giving talks on stellar organizations. As the complement to the Association's initial lecture (Professor Bailey's "Continental Genesis") President Henry Fairfield Osborn of the Association appointed Professor Shapley to give the final lecture. Professor Shapley entitled his paper "Galaxies of Galaxies-a new study of the super-organization of the Milky...
...hundred and fifty-six new variable stars have been discovered at the University Observatory in the course of recent observations, it was announced late last night by Professor Harlow-Shapley, director of the Observatory. The observations were undertaken by the Observatory staff in the effort to gather definite information regarding stars, hitherto only slightly known, and their findings have not hitherto been published anywhere. The remarkable success of the observations is largely due to the unusual visibility afforded by the Observatory's 18-foot Coude telescope...
...discovery of the center of the nucleus of this galaxy of stars of which our solar system is a part was announced last night at Schenectady by Professor Harlan Shapley in his address before the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. This discovery is the result of many years of research by the Harvard Observatory, and rewards their work on variable stars...
...Friday evening, October 19, the Harvard College Observatory, under the direction of Professor Harlow Shapley, will hold the first of its open nights for the year, which will be conducted similarly to those of last year. A lecture by one of the members of the Department of Astronomy will be accompanied by observations through the telescopes. There will be a series of five of these open nights this fall, and another series is scheduled to begin in April. These are open to the public, as well as to members of the University...
...following article by Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard Observatory, on the Harvard Astronomical Laboratory in Bloemfontein, South Africa, is reprinted from the current issue of the Alumni Bulletin...