Hubble-Sandage variable

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Andromeda Nebula

  • Whirlpool Galaxy (M51); NGC 5195
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    …of high-luminosity stars now called Hubble-Sandage variables, which are found in many giant galaxies. Eighty-five novae, all behaving very much like those in the Milky Way Galaxy, were also analyzed. Hubble estimated that the true occurrence rate of novae in M31 must be about 30 per year, a figure that…

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