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Harlow Shapley

1885 - 1972

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Country of citizenship: United States

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Princeton University, University of Missouri

Occupation: astronomer, university teacher, meteorologist

Award received: Prix Jules Janssen, Henry Draper Medal, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Bruce Medal, Rumford Prize, Janssen Medal, Franklin Medal, Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico

Student of: Frederick Hanley Seares

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Harlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 – October 20, 1972) was an American astronomer, who served as head of the Harvard College Observatory from 1921–1952, and political activist during the latter New Deal and Fair Deal. Shapley used Cepheid variable stars to estimate the size of the Milky Way Galaxy and the Sun's position within it. In 1953 he proposed his "liquid water belt" theory, a concept now known as a habitable zone. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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Articles 103

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1913

The orbits of eighty-seven eclipsing binaries - a summary

Harlow Shapley
August 1, 1915

The Light Curve of XX Cygni As a Contribution to the Study of Cepheid Variation

Harlow Shapley
August 1, 1915

Second Type Stars of Low Mean Density

Harlow Shapley
September 1, 1915

Distribution of Colors Among the Stars of N. G. C. 1647 and M 67.

Harlow Shapley
January 1, 1916

Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters: I. On the Absorption of Light in Space

Harlow Shapley
January 1, 1916

Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters: II. On the Sequence of Spectral Types in Stellar Evolution

Harlow Shapley
March 1, 1916

A Short Period Cepheid with Variable Spectrum

Harlow Shapley
March 1, 1916

The Spectrum of delta Cephei

Harlow Shapley
April 1, 1916

Discovery of Eight Variable Stellar Spectra

Harlow Shapley
September 1, 1916

Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters: III. The Colors of the Brighter Stars in Four Globular Systems

Harlow Shapley
January 1, 1917

Studies of the Magnitudes in Star Clusters: IV. On the Color of Stars in the Galactic Clouds Surrounding Messier II

Harlow Shapley
February 1, 1917

Axes of Symmetry in Globular Clusters

Harlow Shapley
April 1, 1917

Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters: V. Further Evidence of the Absence of Scattering of Light in Space

Harlow Shapley
April 1, 1917

Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters: VI. The Relation of Blue Stars and Variables to Galactic Planes

Harlow Shapley
July 1, 1917

Studies of Magnitude in Star Clusters: VII. A Method for the Determination of the Relative Distances of Globular Clusters

Harlow Shapley
August 1, 1918

Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters: VIII. A Summary of Results Bearing on the Structure of the Sidereal Universe

Harlow Shapley
August 1, 1919

Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters: IX. The Distances and Distribution of Seventy Open Clusters

Harlow Shapley
October 1, 1919

On the Spectral Lines of a Pulsating Star

Harlow Shapley
October 1, 1919

Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters: X. Spectral Type B and the Local Stellar System

Harlow Shapley
March 1, 1920

A Note on the Simple Device for Increasing a Photographic Power of Large Telescopes

Harlow Shapley
April 1, 1920

Thermokinetics of Liometopum Apiculatum Mayr

Harlow Shapley
June 1, 1920

Studies of Magnitudes, in Star Clusters: XI. Frequency of Curves the Absolute Magnitude and Color Index for 1152 Giant Stars

Harlow Shapley
August 1, 1920

Studies of Magnitude in Star Clusters: XII. Summary of a Photometric Investigation of the Globular System Messier 3

Harlow Shapley
May 1, 1921

Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters: XIII. Variable Stars in N. G. C. 7006.

Harlow Shapley, Beatrice W. Mayberry
April 1, 1922

Note on the Problem of Great Stellar Distances

Harlow Shapley
February 1, 1923

Light and Color Variations of Nova Aquilae 1918.4.

Harlow Shapley
November 1, 1923

On the Relative Velocity of Blue and Yellow Light

Harlow Shapley
October 1, 1924

Note on the Thermokinetics of Dolichoderine Ants

Harlow Shapley
August 1, 1927

RESEARCH NOTES FROM THE HARVARD OBSERVATORY

Harlow Shapley
November 1, 1928

Studies of the Galactic Center: I. The Program for Milky Way Variable Stars

Harlow Shapley
November 1, 1928

Studies of the Galactic Center: II. Preliminary Indication of a Massive Galactic Nucleus

Henrietta Hill Swope, Harlow Shapley
December 1, 1928

Studies of the Galactic Center: III. The Absolute Magnitudes of Long Period Variables

Harlow Shapley

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