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Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher and wife to Grace Hubble, September 29, 1953, on Edwin Hubble's death, 1953-09-29

Mr. and Mrs. Slipher send Grace Hubble, Edwin Hubble's wife, a quick letter of sympathy for the loss of her husband, also mourning his loss.

Tags: death, Edwin Hubble, loss, sympathy, V.M. Slipher

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, March 20, 1953, on use of slides and spectra about nebulae for lecture, 1953-03-20

Slipher expresses interest at Hubble giving the Darwin Lecture, especially on the Red Shift and velocities of nebulae. He agreed to share his slides…

Tags: Astronomy, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, Red Shift, V.M. Slipher, velocity

Hubble, Edwin, Edwin Hubble to V. M. Slipher, March 6, 1953, on using images for a lecture, 1953-03-06

Hubble wrote to Slipher to request use of a few of his images on velocity and some of his spectra to use with Hubble's own on distance to deliver a…

Tags: Astronomy, distance, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, Red Shift, V.M. Slipher, velocity

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, September 3, 1952, on a recent publication and a Lampland memorial publication, 1952-09-03

Slipher wrote to Hubble after seeing Hubble's release of a publication regarding publishing Lampland's nebulae photos, requesting further thoughts on…

Tags: Astronomy, C. O. Lampland, Carl Otto Lampland, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, V.M. Slipher

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher notes on nebulae rotation and nearer edges, Undated

A draft and notes by Slipher on nebula rotation and the notion of the darker edge of spirals being closer.

Tags: Astronomy, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, rotation, V.M. Slipher

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble on publishing a paper about requesting use of Mt. Wilson nebulae photographs, Undated., Undated

Slipher wrote to Hubble to request use of Mount Wilson's photographs of nebulae for an article on lenticular spirals and his theory that the darker…

Tags: Astronomy, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, rotation, V.M. Slipher

Slipher, V. M., V. M. Slipher to Edwin Hubble, September 7, 1942, on Hubble's manuscript draft and multiple interpretations, 1942-09-07

Slipher thanks Hubble for sending him the draft of his paper on nebulae rotation and describes how he left some notes in soft pencil that Hubble could…

Tags: Astronomy, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, rotation, spectrograph, V.M. Slipher, velocity

Hubble, Edwin, Edwin Hubble to V. M. Slipher, July 27, 1942, on the draft of his paper "The Direction of Rotation of Spiral Nebulae", 1942-07-27

Hubble sent Slipher a copy of a revised paper for possible edits, emphasizing that he would revise it again based on specific spectrographic rotations…

Tags: Astronomy, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, rotation, spectrograph, V.M. Slipher, velocity

Hubble, Edwin, Edwin Hubble to V. M. Slipher, June 11, 1941, on the rotation of spiral galaxies and related theories, 1941-06-11

Hubble expresses thanks for Slipher's paper on the rotation of spirals and sent images Slipher requested with the letter, mentioning use of Slipher's…

Tags: Astronomy, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, rotation, V.M. Slipher

Hubble, Edwin, Slipher's Velocities

A list of velocities observed by V. M. Slipher in relation to nebulae/galaxies' movement to compare with Slipher's and Hubble's respective…

Tags: Astronomy, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, galaxy, Nebula, nebulae, spectrograph, V.M. Slipher, velocity