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Harlow Shapley studied globular clusters and used the position of the clusters to locate the sun in the middle of our galaxy. He found out he was wrong but figured out that the sun was in one of the spiral arms in our galaxy
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When was Harlow Shapley born?
Harlow Shapley was born on November 2, 1885.
What is Harlow Shapley's birthday?
Harlow Shapley was born on November 2, 1885.
How old was Harlow Shapley at death?
Harlow Shapley died on October 20, 1972 at the age of 86.
Why was Harlow Shaply famous?
Harlow Shapley was born on November 2, 1885 and died on October 20, 1972. Harlow Shapley would have been 86 years old at the time of death or 129 years old today.
Is there a school named after Harlow shapley?
Not quite. There was a school in ridgefield CT name The Shapley School that was named after Dr. Harlow Shapley's son, Carl Shapley. Carl Shapley was the headmaster. A very strange little school that I attended for one year in the 1960s. I think the scholl lasted about 5 or 6 years. Pardon the typos!
How did Harlow Shapley determine where the center of the galaxy lies?
by plotting the distribution of open clusters
Which astronomer argued that the milky way is not overwhelmingly huge and that the nebulas are star systems like our own and are immensely distant from it?
As that's the prevailing view, pretty much everybody except Harlow Shapley, who thought the Milky Way was the major feature of the universe and all the "nebulae" were its satellites. In the "Great Debate" (in the year 1920) between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis on this subject, it was Curtis who argued that many of the nebulae were outside our Galaxy. So, the answer you want is probably "Heber Curtis".
When was Olive Shapley born?
Olive Shapley was born in 1910.
When did Olive Shapley die?
Olive Shapley died in 1999.
When did Ronald Shapley die?
Ronald Shapley died in 1965.
When was Ronald Shapley born?
Ronald Shapley was born in 1890.
When did Alan Shapley die?
Alan Shapley died on 1973-05-13.
