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The discovery of the center of the nucleus of this galaxy of stars of which our solar system is a part was announced last night at Schenectady by Professor Harlan Shapley in his address before the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. This discovery is the result of many years of research by the Harvard Observatory, and rewards their work on variable stars.
The center of our galaxy is said to be 47,000 light years away, and lies in the constellation of Sagittarius. The nucleus which surrounds this center is 9 Kiloparsecs in diameter and 5 Kiloparsecs in thickness. There are 3,200 light years to a Kiloparsec. The method of discovering this nucleus and determining the position of the center of our galaxy will be described in a later issue of the CRIMSON.
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