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gptkbp:instanceOf
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astronomer
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Harvard_University
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gptkbp:archiveType
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gptkb:Harvard_Plate_Collection
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gptkbp:buildingType
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astronomer
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gptkbp:collaboratesWith
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gptkb:Smithsonian_Astrophysical_Observatory
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gptkbp:coordinates
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42.3783°N 71.1167°W
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Harlow_Shapley
gptkb:Charles_Alcock
gptkb:Donald_H._Menzel
gptkb:Edward_Charles_Pickering
gptkb:Alyssa_A._Goodman
gptkb:Charles_Greeley_Abbot
gptkb:Robert_P._Kirshner
gptkb:George_B._Field
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gptkbp:founded
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1839
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:William_Cranch_Bond
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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oldest astronomical observatory in the United States with continuous operation
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Harvard Observatory
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:notableEmployee
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gptkb:Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin
gptkb:Harlow_Shapley
gptkb:Antonia_Maury
gptkb:Williamina_Fleming
gptkb:Edward_Charles_Pickering
gptkb:Annie_Jump_Cannon
gptkb:Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Development of the Harvard spectral classification
First use of photography in astronomy in the US
Discovery of the period-luminosity relationship for Cepheid variables
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gptkbp:notableFinds
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gptkb:Cepheid_variable_period-luminosity_relation
Discovery of interstellar medium
Discovery of white dwarfs
Stellar classification system
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gptkbp:notableProject
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gptkb:Harvard_Computers
gptkb:Harvard_Plate_Collection
Digitization of astronomical plates
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Harvard_College_Observatory
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gptkbp:openToPublic
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limited
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Harvard-Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Harvard-Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics
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gptkbp:telescopeType
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gptkb:Great_Refractor
gptkb:Harvard_Plate_Collection
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Harvard_Department_of_Astronomy
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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