Mapping of 300,000 galaxies each containing perhaps a billion stars was pointed to as part of the future work of the Harvard Observatory by Harlow Shapley, professor of Astronomy in an address before the National Academy of Sciences at Ann Arbor, Michigan yesterday. Professor Shapley stated that over 75,000 galaxies, comparable in magnitude to the Milky Way galaxy, had already been charted in the heavens.
The meeting which Professor Shapley addressed was composed of eminent scientists from colleges in all parts of the country. The conference of the Academy will last three days, with further sessions to be devoted to physics, chemistry, and biology.
Professor Shapley summarized in his speech the results of observations made during the last several years by the Harvard Observatory, in an attempt to determine accurately the size, extent, and structure of the universe. Information thus far obtained, encourages the belief that such data will eventually be fully obtained, Shapley believes.
G. H. Parker '87, professor of Zoology, will address the convention today.
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