Where did Harlow Shapley perform most of his research?
Yale University
Harvard College Observatory
MIT
University of Chicago
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Harlow Shapley was a Harvard astronomer who spent most of his career at the Harvard College Observatory. He is best known for his work on the structure of the Milky Way galaxy, which he estimated to be much larger than had been previously thought. Shapley also made significant contributions to the study of globular clusters and nebulae.
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