It was the distribution of ________ that showed Harlow Shapley we were nowhere near thecenter of the Milky Way in the 1920s.
A)planetary nebulae
B)emission nebulae
C)open clusters
D)globular clusters
E)supernova remnants

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Harlow Shapley observed the distribution of globular clusters and discovered that they were not distributed evenly around us, but instead bunched up on one side of the sky. This meant that our solar system was not located at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Harlow Shapley observed the distribution of globular clusters in the sky and found that they were not evenly distributed around the Milky Way. He realized that the concentration was located far from the center of the galaxy, indicating that we were not at the center of it.

It Was the Distribution of ________ That Showed Harlow Shapley