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| Paper: |
Carl Wilhelm Wirtz - Pioneer in Cosmic Dimensions |
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167, Harmonizing Cosmic Distance Scales in a Post-Hipparcos Era |
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237 |
| Authors: |
Seitter, Waltraut C.; Duerbeck, Hilmar W. |
| Abstract: |
The Strasbourg Observatory initiated the first statistical project of celestial nebulae with the goal of deriving their nature. The compilation of this early data base became a link to modern observational cosmology, largely due to Carl Wirtz's early work on nebular proper motions, followed by his introduction of correlations between radial velocities and nebular distance indicators in his most productive period in the nineteen-twenties. |
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