Harlow Shapley's guest appearances

Harlow Shapley

The Scientific Odyssey

Historical Astronomy

Isaac Newton

William Herschel

Edwin Hubble

Arthur Stanley Eddington

Ibn Al-Haytham

Tycho Brahe

Carl Sagan

Paul Dirac

Fred Hoyle

Kip Thorne

Benjamin Banneker

Caroline Herschel

Nicolaus Copernicus

James Bradley

Henrietta Leavitt

OwlTail

In 1914, Harlow Shapley moved to work at the Mt. Wilson Observatory.  Over the course of five years, using the 60 inch reflector there, he observed the 75 visible globular clusters and developed a whole new model of the Milky Way Galaxy and our place in it.

<p>In 1914, Harlow Shapley moved to work at the Mt. Wilson Observatory.  Over the course of five years, using the 60 inch reflector there, he observed the 75 visible globular clusters and developed a whole new model of the Milky Way Galaxy and our place in it.</p>

Episode 3.39: Harlow Shapley and Finding Our Place in the Galaxy

20th Century - Harlow Shapley - Our Galaxy and the Spiral Nebulae