Why Did Hubble Think the Cepheid Variables He Saw in "Fuzzy

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Multiple Choice

Why did Hubble think the Cepheid variables he saw in "Fuzzy Patches" were outside the Milky Way?

• A) They were dim.
• B) They had a red shift character.
• C) Their brightness varied.
• D) They were small.

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