Edwin Hubble

Accomplishments/Remembering Hubble

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Accomplishment Time line

1922-Published a piece on the study of diffuse nebulae in the galaxy
1922-1926-Creates a classification system for galaxies
1923-Finds a Cepheid Variable in a nebula called Andromeda and measured distance to the galaxy showing it was outside the Milky Way
1924-Got a American Association prize for his paper Cepheids in Spiral Nebulae
1927-Was elected to the National Academy of Science of the United States
1928-Was elected to the Royal Astronomical Society of Britain

Edwin Hubble did many other things in his life also such as recieving medals and publishing books

Edwin Powell Hubble died from a stroke on September,28,1953

Things that were named after Edwin Hubble:

Lunar crater Hubble
Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Law, Hubble Constant, Hubble Time, Hubble Flow, etc.
Hubble sequence of galaxy types
Hubble's Variable Nebula