The Great Debate Just How Big Is The Universe?

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1. In 1800s

1.1. More Improving

1.1.1. Telescopes

1.1.1.1. Revealed More About Nebulae

1.1.1.1.1. Appearance

1.1.1.1.2. Challage

2. Astronomy

2.1. Basic Science

2.1.1. Solely Concerned

2.1.2. Understanding of the natural world

2.2. New Technologies

2.2.1. Increase to make careful observations

2.2.2. Lead to new understandings

3. William Huggins ( In 1864 )

3.1. Spectroscope attached in telescope and aimed at Nebulae

3.2. Spectroscope

3.2.1. Has unique spectrum line

3.2.2. Can tell the elemental makeup of celestial objects

4. Astronomers Argued that Nebulae are made out of stars

4.1. Based on 1885 ( Nova in the Andromeda Nebulae )

4.2. 'Nova' ( New Stars in Latin )

4.3. thought bright objects to be stllar newborns

5. Julius Scheiner ( In 1898 )

5.1. Used spectroscope on the Amromeda Nebulae

5.1.1. Had a similar spectrum to the Sun

5.1.1.1. Most astronomers think nebulae are composed of stars

6. In1900s

6.1. Over 100,000 Nebulae are Detected

6.1.1. Other Astronomers continued to think that Nebulae are "Isaland Universes"

6.1.2. Astronomers focused on the distances of the Nebulae

6.1.2.1. Astronomer F.W

6.1.2.1.1. Assumed that Milky Way and the Andromeda Nebula are similar in size

6.1.2.1.2. By comparing their brightness about 3800 light-years apart

6.1.2.2. Other Astronomers felt that the Milky Way was far larger than 120 light-years

7. Max Wolf

7.1. Concluded most Nebulae are 1,000 light years in diameter

8. Uniformity in nature

8.1. Assumption claims that processes and like objects are uniform thorughout the nature regardless of location

8.1.1. Nebulae

8.1.1.1. Categories

8.1.1.1.1. Enternal

8.1.1.1.2. Internal

9. William Wallace Campbell ( In 1911)

9.1. Age of the stars and veloctiy

9.1.1. The older the star, the higher of it's velocity

9.1.2. would have similar speed like young stars

9.1.3. Rejected but continued to study in decade and streghten the evidence that the Andromeda Nebula is an Island Universe

9.1.4. Recheck his work asking Sliper, in 8 years debated in the Great Debate

9.1.4.1. Curtis beat him on the materials of the subject

10. In 1920

10.1. Debate where Curtis didn't want to participate

10.2. Try to avoid humiliated by more experience Curtis

11. Henrietta Leavitt ( In 1912 )

11.1. Luminostiy was known 'standard calndles' to determine distance

11.1.1. The apparent magnitude

11.1.1.1. brightness of a star from earth

11.1.2. The absoulte magnitude

11.1.2.1. Seen from 10 parsecs ( 30 light years )

11.2. m- M = 5 log r/10

12. Eddie Hubble

12.1. Had eyes on veryfying the island universe model

12.1.1. By locating a variable star within a nebula

12.2. In 1923 he discovered Cepheid variable stars in the Andromeda Nebula

12.2.1. For atleast 300,000 parces three times larger than Shapely's Big Galaxy

12.3. January 1, 1925 published his work and continued to his research on nebulae

13. Debation In Academy

13.1. Harlow Shapely ( April 26, 1920 )

13.1.1. Island Universe

13.1.1.1. Milky Way (Claimed ten times bigger)

13.1.1.2. Big Galaxy

13.2. Herber D. Curtis ( Opponent )

13.2.1. "Great Debate"

13.2.1.1. Academy published newspapers in 1921

13.2.1.2. Both had well-founded agruements

14. Edwin Hubble (In 1924)

14.1. Concluded that Isalnd Univserses is real

15. Late 1700s

15.1. Improving

15.1.1. Telescopes

15.1.1.1. Tele

15.1.2. Sky Watchers

15.2. Viewing

15.2.1. Planets

15.2.2. Comets

15.2.3. Asteroids

15.2.4. Stars

15.3. Identifying

15.3.1. Unidentified class of fuzzy objects

15.3.1.1. Nubulae ( 'Cloud' In Latin )

15.3.1.1.1. Speculated ( By A Early Astronomers )

16. Lord Rosse ( In 1840s )

16.1. Used giant telescopes to discern individual stars in nebulae

17. John P. Nichol

17.1. In Scotland

17.1.1. Swore that the clouds were some sort of luminous fluid

18. Most astronomers think nebulae are composed of stars

18.1. But Actually in the process of forming stars

19. In 1910s

19.1. Determind that nubalae is 30,000 years lighter

20. Beginning of 20th Century

20.1. Accepeted that Nebulae is made of stars

20.2. Many stars varied in respect to their luminosity

20.3. Cephied Varialbles

20.3.1. had a notable relationship between the period of their veriability and luminosity.

21. Vesto Slipher ( In 1909 )

21.1. Measuring velocity of Nubalae

21.1.1. Radial velocities

21.1.1.1. Rates of movement object directly or away from observer

21.1.2. The Doppler Effect

21.1.2.1. Oncoming object

21.1.2.1.1. Shifted into blue end "Blueshift"

21.1.2.1.2. Objects moving towards observer shift

21.1.2.1.3. Shorter wavelengths

21.1.2.2. Receding object

21.1.2.2.1. Shifted into red end "Redshift"

21.1.2.2.2. Objects moving away from observer shift

21.1.2.2.3. Longer wavelengths

21.2. Measured that the Andromeda Nebula to moving forward the Milky Way of 300 kilometer per second

22. Adriaan van Maanen ( In 1915 )

22.1. Measuring the internal rotational motions of Nebula M101

22.1.1. Shapely and van Menaan work together

22.1.1.1. Shapely supported island univesrse idea until Milky Way is 300,000 light years in diameter

22.1.1.2. Applied van' menaan rotational motions as evidence needed against island universes

22.1.1.2.1. Shapely and van Menaan became the most vocal opponents of island universes

23. In 1920

23.1. Island Universe

23.1.1. Nebulae moved far faster than stars

23.2. Big Galaxy

23.2.1. Collected evidence that Island Universe is physically impossible

24. In 1918

24.1. Shapely futuher studied these stars and began using them as yard sticks to measure distance to globular clusters