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American astronomer (1889–1953)
Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic
Edwin_Hubble
NASA/ESA space telescope launched in 1990
a public relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is one of NASA's Great Observatories. The
Hubble_Space_Telescope
Observation in physical cosmology
light emitted by the galaxy. The discovery of Hubble's law is attributed to work published by Edwin Hubble in 1929, but the notion of the universe expanding
Hubble's_law
Region of the observable universe
In cosmology, a Hubble volume (named for the astronomer Edwin Hubble) or Hubble sphere, subluminal sphere, causal sphere and sphere of causality is a
Hubble_volume
Galaxy morphological classification scheme advocated by Edwin Hubble
Hubble sequence is a morphological classification scheme for galaxies published by Edwin Hubble in 1926. It is often colloquially known as the Hubble
Hubble_sequence
United States historic place
The Edwin Hubble House is a historic house in San Marino, California. Built in 1925, it was the home of astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) for most of
Edwin_Hubble_House
Body of interstellar clouds
was confirmed in the early 20th century by Vesto Slipher, Edwin Hubble, and others. Edwin Hubble discovered that most nebulae are associated with stars and
Nebula
Surname list
British physician Eddie Hubble (born 1928), American jazz trombonist Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), American astronomer George Hubble (1858–1906), Australian
Hubble_(surname)
Spherical or ovoid mass of stars
They are one of the three main classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in his Hubble sequence and 1936 work The Realm of the Nebulae, along with spiral
Elliptical_galaxy
American astronomer (1868–1921)
a measuring stick with vastly greater reach. After Leavitt's death, Edwin Hubble found Cepheids in several nebulae, including the Andromeda Nebula, and
Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt
System for categorizing galaxies based on appearance
according to their morphologies, the most famous being the Hubble sequence, devised by Edwin Hubble and later expanded by Gérard de Vaucouleurs and Allan Sandage
Galaxy morphological classification
Galaxy_morphological_classification
Variation in the Hubble constant
caused by a local void in the mass density". The Hubble constant, named for astronomer Edwin Hubble, whose work made clear the expansion of the universe
Hubble_bubble_(astronomy)
Physical theory of the cosmos
observation of an expanding universe is known as Hubble's law, published in work by physicist Edwin Hubble in 1929, which discerned that galaxies are moving
Big_Bang
Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere
ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 14 January 2015. Hoskin & Dewhirst 1999, pp. 292–296. ESA, Edwin Powell Hubble. PBS, Edwin Hubble 1998. HubbleSite, About Edwin Hubble
Andromeda_(constellation)
Theories about the end of the universe
and circumstances of its beginning. Observations made by astronomer Edwin Hubble during the 1930s–1950s found that galaxies appeared to be moving away
Ultimate_fate_of_the_universe
Clouds of interstellar dust which reflect the light of nearby stars
Calculations by Ejnar Hertzsprung in 1913 lend credence to that hypothesis. Edwin Hubble further distinguished between the emission and reflection nebulae in
Reflection_nebula
System of stars and interstellar matter
objects but the very influential Edwin Hubble stuck to nebulae. The nomenclature did not fully change until after Hubble's death in 1953. Millions of galaxies
Galaxy
Value representing energy density of space
was then assumed. Einstein's cosmological constant was abandoned after Edwin Hubble confirmed that the universe was expanding. From the 1930s until the late
Cosmological_constant
Spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars
classified as a barred spiral galaxy. Edwin Hubble classified spiral galaxies of this type as "SB" (spiral, barred) in his Hubble sequence and arranged them into
Barred_spiral_galaxy
Topics referred to by the same term
long-period comet Edwin Hubble, an astronomer born in 1889 Hubble (surname), a surname and list of people with the surname Hubble, Kentucky Hubble Township, Cape
Hubble_(disambiguation)
Galaxy containing the Solar System
the astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Doust Curtis, observations by Edwin Hubble in 1923 showed that the Milky Way was just one of many galaxies. In the
Milky_Way
Name list
diplomat, provincial governor Edwin N. Hubbell (1815–1897), American politician Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), American astronomer Edwin Jackson (baseball) (born
Edwin
Observation that no scientific discovery is named after its discoverer
original discoverer. Examples include Hubble's law, which was derived by Georges Lemaître two years before Edwin Hubble; the Pythagorean theorem, which was
Stigler's_law_of_eponymy
Vol. 39, no. 3. p. 392-406. JSTOR 27826381. Retrieved 2026-06-24. Hubble, Edwin (1929). "A relation between distance and radial velocity among extra-galactic
List of estimates of the age of the universe
List_of_estimates_of_the_age_of_the_universe
Application of the theory of relativity to the universe as a whole
κ is the Einstein gravitational constant. Following the discovery by Edwin Hubble of a linear relation between the redshifts of the galaxies and their
Einstein's_static_universe
Branch of physics that studies mathematical models of the universe
relativity, followed by major observational discoveries in the 1920s: first, Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe contains a huge number of external galaxies
Physical_cosmology
Planetary nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia
pairs of bipolar lobes. Hb 12 was discovered by American astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1921. Hb 12 has three pairs of bipolar lobes with a faint Hα arc filament
Hubble_12
Cosmological model in which the universe does not expand
galactic brightness to redshift) by American astronomers Vesto Slipher and Edwin Hubble, the Belgian astrophysicist and priest Georges Lemaître interpreted the
Static_universe
Long-period comet
around the Sun. It is the first and only comet discovered by astronomer Edwin Hubble. The comet was already on its outbound flight when it was first spotted
C/1937_P1_(Hubble)
Planetary nebula in the constellation Sagittarius
Hubble 5 (Hb 5) is a large bipolar planetary nebula with a complex shape. The nebula was discovered by American astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1921. Hb 5
Hubble_5
Astrophysical Journal. 74: 35. Bibcode:1931ApJ....74...35H. doi:10.1086/143287. Hubble, Edwin; Humason, Milton L. (1931). "The Velocity-Distance Relation among Extra-Galactic
List_of_galaxies
Class of galaxy that has spiral structures extending from their cores
galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work The Realm of the Nebulae and, as such, form part of the Hubble sequence. Most spiral galaxies
Spiral_galaxy
L. Atwood, chemist Edwin P. Hubble, of Hubble Space Telescope fame (born in Marshfield) Janet Kavandi, NASA astronaut Edwin Hubble Janet L. Kavandi Jaelon
List of people from Springfield, Missouri
List_of_people_from_Springfield,_Missouri
American astronomer
19, 1891 – June 18, 1972) was an American astronomer. He worked with Edwin Hubble to measure the redshift of nebulas in the early 20th century, providing
Milton_L._Humason
Belgian scientist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
professor at the Catholic University of Louvain. In 1929, the US astronomer Edwin Hubble published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Georges_Lemaître
Day of the year
(born 1930) 1949 – Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (born 1881) 1953 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (born 1889) 1956 – William Boeing, American
September_28
Discredited cosmological model, early 20th Century
Galaxy far away from the Sun, towards Sagittarius. Heber Doust Curtis and Edwin Hubble further refuted the heliocentric view of the universe by showing that
Galactocentrism
Energy driving the accelerated expansion of the universe
distribution of matter throughout the universe. Further, observations made by Edwin Hubble in 1929 showed that the universe appears to be expanding and is not static
Dark_energy
Scientific study of celestial objects
the first accurate map of the Milky Way. Using the Hooker Telescope, Edwin Hubble identified Cepheid variables in several spiral nebulae and in 1922–1923
Astronomy
Formula for measuring astronomical objects
English-language claim for the origin of the term "K correction" is Edwin Hubble, who supposedly arbitrarily chose K {\displaystyle K} to represent the
K_correction
Irregular starburst galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia
Mayall became the first to suggest that the object is extragalactic. Edwin Hubble suspected it might belong to the Local Group of galaxies, but its status
IC_10
Astrophotograph by the Hubble Space Telescope
Pillars of Creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope that depicts elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula of
Pillars_of_Creation
Class of galaxy between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy
elliptical galaxies, which results in their intermediate placement on the Hubble sequence. This results from lenticulars having both prominent disk and bulge
Lenticular_galaxy
Change in wavelength of light
velocities. Until 1923 the nature of the nebulae was unclear. By that year Edwin Hubble had established that these were galaxies and worked out a procedure to
Redshift
American scientific and educational organization
year terms. Past presidents have included such notable astronomers as Edwin Hubble, George O. Abell, and Frank Drake. George Pardee, who later became Governor
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Astronomical_Society_of_the_Pacific
distance from observers. In 1929, Edwin Hubble provided a comprehensive observational foundation for Lemaitre's theory. Hubble's experimental observations discovered
History of the Big Bang theory
History_of_the_Big_Bang_theory
High school in Wheaton, Illinois
academic and athletic accomplishments, its alumni include astronomer Edwin Hubble, comedian John Belushi and actor Jim Belushi. The history of Wheaton
Wheaton Warrenville South High School
Wheaton_Warrenville_South_High_School
City in California, United States
Rancho Huerta de Cuati. The Edwin Hubble House: From 1925 to 1953, this two-story stucco home was the residence of Edwin Hubble, one of America's great 20th-century
San_Marino,_California
College of the University of Oxford
"For example, the Rhodes Scholar identifiers for Edwin Hubble (American astronomer for whom the Hubble Telescope is named) would be "Illinois & Queen's
The_Queen's_College,_Oxford
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis
342/Maffei Group, one of the closest galaxy groups to the Local Group. Edwin Hubble first thought it to be in the Local Group, but it was later determined
IC_342
Field-equations in general relativity
solution described by this equation is unstable, and observations by Edwin Hubble showed that our universe is expanding. Einstein then abandoned Λ {\displaystyle
Einstein_field_equations
Physics department at Oxford University
Space.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020. "Edwin Hubble". Biography. Retrieved 2 June 2020. "Biography of Edwin Powell Hubble (1889 - 1953)". asd.gsfc.nasa.gov
Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Department_of_Physics,_University_of_Oxford
Historic cable car system in San Francisco, California
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San Francisco cable car system
San_Francisco_cable_car_system
Globular cluster in the constellation Ursa Major
to the Palomar Globular Clusters group. It was discovered in 1949 by Edwin Hubble and again in 1955 by A. G. Wilson. It is calculated to be 100,000 parsecs
Palomar_4
Hypothetical scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe
name for the anti-gravity force, was added to the theory of relativity. Edwin Hubble working in the Mount Wilson Observatory took measurements of the distances
Big_Crunch
Hotel in California, United States
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Hotel_del_Coronado
Stadium in Los Angeles, California
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Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum
Microwave horn antenna in New Jersey, US
was one of the most important discoveries in physical cosmology since Edwin Hubble demonstrated in the 1920s that the universe was expanding. It provided
Holmdel_Horn_Antenna
2010 American film
Hubble (also known as Hubble 3D, IMAX: Hubble, or IMAX: Hubble 3D) is a 2010 American documentary film about Space Shuttle missions to repair and upgrade
Hubble_(film)
Cosmological time duration
distances to the 'nebulae' (galaxies) by Edwin Hubble in a work published in 1929. Earlier in the 20th century, Hubble and others resolved individual stars
Age_of_the_universe
American astronomer
galaxies, as opposed to simple, qualitative, eyeball estimates favoured by Edwin Hubble. He invented the now widely used classification cD for massive galaxies
William_Wilson_Morgan
Increase in distance between parts of the universe
relationship was firmly established by Edwin Hubble in 1929 using multiple methods and cross-checked with proven techniques. Hubble himself did not associate the
Expansion_of_the_universe
Study of the universe
Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. The debate was resolved when Edwin Hubble detected Cepheid Variables in the Andromeda Galaxy in 1923 and 1924.
Cosmology
American non-profit research organization
astronomer Edwin Hubble captured the famous “VAR!” plate in 1923, discovering that the universe extends far beyond the Milky Way Galaxy. In 1929, Hubble went
Carnegie Institution for Science
Carnegie_Institution_for_Science
Pair of galaxies in the constellation of Ursa Major
William Herschel discovered the galaxies, and in 1926 they were studied by Edwin Hubble. In 1935 Philip C. Keenan first published a paper about the bridge connecting
Arp_104
City in Missouri, U.S.
Trail and U.S. Route 66. Marshfield is the hometown of Edwin Hubble. A replica of the Hubble Space Telescope can be found in front of the Webster County
Marshfield,_Missouri
Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo
the Hubble Space Telescope show indications that a tidal interaction may have just begun. Messier 60 was the fastest-moving galaxy included in Edwin Hubble's
Messier_60
Asteroid
Observatory, United States, and named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Hubble orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.6–3.7 AU
2069_Hubble
Study of astronomical objects outside the Milky Way Galaxy
masses. Due to their large mass, these stars had extremely short lifespans. Hubble Deep Field LIGO's detection of gravitational waves Chandra Deep Field South
Extragalactic_astronomy
profile for elliptical galaxies. The law is named for the astronomers Edwin Hubble and John Henry Reynolds. It was first formulated by Reynolds in 1913
Hubble–Reynolds_law
1988 book by Stephen Hawking
the positions and distances of many stars in the night sky. In 1924, Edwin Hubble discovered a method to measure the distance using the brightness of Cepheid
A_Brief_History_of_Time
Model of the Universe proposed 1932
Albert Einstein and Willem de Sitter in 1932. On first learning of Edwin Hubble's discovery of a linear relation between the redshift of the galaxies
Einstein–de_Sitter_universe
Home stadium of the UCLA Bruins and site of the Rose Bowl Game. Pasadena, California
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Rose_Bowl_(stadium)
Island in San Francisco Bay, California, US
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Alcatraz_Island
List of important events in the history of astronomy
the universe, and this discovery was the basis for the work done by Edwin Hubble on extragalactic astronomy. German physicist Karl Schwarzschild uses
Timeline_of_astronomy
Natural physical entity in space
other galaxies existed beyond the Milky Way, these debates ended when Edwin Hubble identified the Andromeda nebula as a different galaxy, along with many
Astronomical_object
Historic office building in Los Angeles
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Bradbury_Building
Everything in space and time
consisted entirely of the Milky Way Galaxy. Using the Hooker Telescope, Edwin Hubble identified Cepheid variables in several spiral nebulae and in 1922–1923
Universe
German-British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
Milky Way, until galaxies were confirmed as extragalactic systems by Edwin Hubble in 1924.) Herschel published his discoveries as three catalogues: Catalogue
William_Herschel
Study of the origin of the universe (structure and evolution)
would provide Edwin Hubble with the rung on the cosmic distance ladder he would need to determine the distance to spiral nebula. Hubble used the 100-inch
Observational_cosmology
Astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, US
older 1.5 meter mirror. Edwin Hubble performed many critical calculations from work on the Hooker telescope. In 1923, Hubble discovered the first Cepheid
Mount_Wilson_Observatory
metric cosmological model 1923 – Stern–Gerlach experiment 1923 – Edwin Hubble: Galaxies discovered 1923 – Arthur Compton: Particle nature of photons
Timeline of fundamental physics discoveries
Timeline_of_fundamental_physics_discoveries
Type of star that is luminous, blue, and variable in brightness
Galaxy (M33). These were followed up by Edwin Hubble with three more in 1926: A, B, and C in M33. Then in 1929 Hubble added a list of variables detected in
Luminous_blue_variable
Index of articles associated with the same name
of galaxies began (1930), Edwin Hubble stated that knowledge of "galactic systems" such as the local group, a term Hubble had coined, is sufficient for
Local_(astronomy)
Common motif in mythology and cosmogony
1927 that the cosmos originated from what he called the primeval atom. Edwin Hubble observationally confirmed Lemaître's findings two years later, in 1929
Cosmic_egg
Class of hypothetical redshift mechanisms
Tired light was an idea that came about due to the observation made by Edwin Hubble that distant galaxies have redshifts proportional to their distance.
Tired_light
Group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way
surface of the Local Group. The term "The Local Group" was introduced by Edwin Hubble in Chapter VI of his 1936 book The Realm of the Nebulae. There, he described
Local_Group
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum
Charles Duncan and Max Wolf discovered variable stars in the nebulae. Edwin Hubble showed in 1926 that 35 of these stars were classical Cepheids, thereby
Triangulum_Galaxy
Proposed garden in Washington, D.C.
Johns Hopkins Grace Hopper Sam Houston Whitney Houston Julia Ward Howe Edwin Hubble Daniel Inouye Andrew Jackson Robert H. Jackson Mary Jackson John Jay
National Garden of American Heroes
National_Garden_of_American_Heroes
Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici
have one. These "spiral nebulae" were not recognized as galaxies until Edwin Hubble was able to observe Cepheid variables in some of these spiral nebulae
Whirlpool_Galaxy
American astronomer (1875–1969)
radial velocities were combined by Edwin Hubble with Hubble's own determinations of galaxy distances, leading Hubble to discover the (at that time, rough)
Vesto_Slipher
Simulator, and Hale Solar Laboratory. Also, the Edwin Hubble House, home to famed astronomer Edwin Hubble, is located in the adjacent community of San Marino
National Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, California
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pasadena,_California
Hotel in Yosemite National Park, California, US
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Ahwahnee_Hotel
18th-century Spanish mission in California
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Mission_San_Diego_de_Alcalá
Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
had been taken on 22 February 1919. In 1922, the American astronomer Edwin Hubble categorized M87 as one of the brighter globular nebulae, as it lacked
Messier_87
Galaxy in the constellation Pegasus
extrapolated value predicted by Edwin Hubble; a distance-velocity relation that would later become known as Hubble's law. One supernova has been observed
NGC_7619
Galaxies in the constellation Corvus
found in NGC 4039. SN 1921A (type unknown, mag. 16) was discovered by Edwin Hubble and John Charles Duncan in March 1921. About 1.2 billion years ago, the
Antennae_Galaxies
United States historic place
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Knight's_Ferry_Bridge
Instrument that makes distant objects appear magnified
and upgradability. Some examples of space telescopes from NASA are the Hubble Space Telescope that detects visible light, ultraviolet, and near-infrared
Telescope
Barred spiral galaxy in the Local Group
far outside the Milky Way at a distance of about 450 kpc (1,500 kly). Edwin Hubble settled the debate in 1925 when he identified extragalactic Cepheid variable
Andromeda_Galaxy
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