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After going to college, Hale volunteered at Harvard College's Observatory. Then he helped set up other observatories. He also helped to start the field of Astrophysics. George Hale passed away in 1938. |
After attending college, Hale volunteered at Harvard College's Observatory. While working at the observatory, he invented an instrument called the spectrohelioscope. A spectrohelioscope is a combination of a telescope and a spectroscope. It is used to measure the chemicals that make up the stars. George Hale then set up many observatories across the nation including the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California. He is also known for developing the field of Astrophysics. George Hale passed away in 1938. |
After attending college, he volunteered at Harvard College's Observatory. While working at the observatory, he invented an instrument called the spectrohelioscope. A spectrohelioscope is a combination of a telescope and a spectroscope, and it is used to measure the chemicals that compose planets and stars. George Hale then set up many observatories across the nation, including the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin and the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California. Hale is also known for creating the field of Astrophysics. In the early 1900, he asked Andrew Carnegie for research money to analyze planets and stars from both astronomical and physical perspectives. From this research, George Hale became one of the pioneers of Astrophysics. George Hale passed away in 1938. |
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