Shapley

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1. Shapley - Noun

2. Shapley - Proper noun

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United States astronomer (1885-1972)

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[Gale and Shapley assumed that each person has] a given ranking [among] potential mates that determines rather than is determined by the equilibrium sorting. Gary Becker

47 Tucanae has an apparent magnitude of 3.9, meaning that it is visible to the naked eye; it is a Shapley class III cluster, which means that it has a clearly defined nucleus. Source: Internet

A different method by Harlow Shapley based on the cataloguing of globular clusters led to a radically different picture: a flat disk with diameter approximately 70 kiloparsecs and the Sun far from the center. Source: Internet

Beginning in 1914, Harlow Shapley began a series of studies of globular clusters, published in about 40 scientific papers. Source: Internet

In 1927–29, Harlow Shapley and Helen Sawyer began categorizing clusters according to the degree of concentration the system has toward the core. Source: Internet

Later, it was found that RR Lyrae variables are fainter than Cepheid variables, which caused Shapley to overestimate the distance to the clusters. citation NGC 7006 is a highly concentrated, Class I globular cluster. Source: Internet

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