Milton Humason
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Milton Humason was an American astronomer who, despite lacking formal education, became a key collaborator of Edwin Hubble and made crucial spectroscopic observations that helped establish the evidence for the expanding universe.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Milton Humason canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
astronomer
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human ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
cosmology
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extragalactic astronomy ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Edwin Hubble ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
early evidence for the expanding universe
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establishing the velocity–distance relation for galaxies ⓘ observational basis of Hubble’s law ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| education | largely self-taught ⓘ |
| employer |
Carnegie Institution of Washington
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Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ |
| familyName | Humason ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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observational cosmology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Milton ⓘ |
| hasQuality | lacked formal higher education ⓘ |
| hasRole |
observational astronomer
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spectroscopist ⓘ telescope operator ⓘ |
| instrumentUsed |
large reflecting telescopes
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spectrograph ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-precision spectroscopic measurements
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key collaborator of Edwin Hubble ⓘ work on extragalactic nebulae ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Milton Humason self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
obtaining spectra of very faint, distant galaxies
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pushing redshift measurements to larger distances ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to evidence for the expanding universe
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extension of the velocity–distance relation for galaxies ⓘ measurement of galaxy redshifts ⓘ spectroscopic observations of galaxies ⓘ |
| occupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| workLocation | Mount Wilson, California ⓘ |
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100-inch Hooker Telescope