Star Formation Epidemics in Galaxies Asa J. Stewart 3rd Year Physics and Astronomy project report in the school of physics‚ Cardi University Date of submission: 16th May 2011 Supervisor: Prof. Anthony Whitworth Contents 0.1 Aims and objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2.1 Observed properties of disk galaxies . . . . . . . . . . 0.2.2 Star formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
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chapters 1-7 of Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy was impossible. I had to read more. I am not done with the book yet though. I felt like I was reading an anime. I could picture the scene of what I was reading so clearly that it felt like my body was there. I loved the way they represented what happened to Arthur on planet earth in a gross way where the house to be demolished for a pathway was the earth in the galactic space. I loved the idea of having a fancy galaxy with a president who has two heads and
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Properties of Clusters of Galaxies Monday (4/15/2013) Procedure For this experiment‚ a photograph of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies will be needed to observe. The photograph will be sectioned into specific areas with coordinates like a map. Locate the area and identify the galaxies. Classify the galaxies as elliptical‚ spiral‚ or irregular. An elliptical galaxy will appear solid with not real defined “arms” or spirals coming from the center. An elliptical galaxy can be further classified E0
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“Beyond the Milky Way” “The History of the Hubble Telescope” By: Steven Radziul DeVry University Since the Age of Man and Woman‚ We have been staring up into the sky‚ wondering clearly what is out there. The stars and planets have always been our close neighbors‚ from navigation‚ to philosophy and even religion‚ the stars and planets have always been our friend. Man has stood to the highest peak staring out into the sky‚ wondering clearly to see what is out there. He has invented instruments
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al.) Chapter 19 Our Galaxy 19.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) What is the diameter of the disk of the Milky Way? A) 100 light-years B) 1‚000 light-years C) 10‚000 light-years D) 100‚000 light-years E) 1‚000‚000 light-years Answer: D 2) What is the thickness of the disk of the Milky Way? A) 100 light-years B) 1‚000 light-years C) 10‚000 light-years D) 100‚000 light-years E) 1‚000‚000 light-years Answer: B 3) What kinds of objects lie in the halo of our galaxy? A) open clusters
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was his discovery of galaxies outside of the Milky Way‚ the expanding universe‚ and overseeing the construction of the Hale Telescope. Because of his major contributions to the study of Astronomy‚ the Hubble Space Telescope was named after him in 1990. One of Hubble’s first discoveries was that there are other Galaxies outside of our Galaxy‚ the Milky Way. In the 1920s‚ the small‚ diffuse patches in the sky were termed nebulae‚ and were thought to exist within the Milky Way. While examining images
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five points. 1. Suppose we look at a distant quasar. If an inhabitant of the host galaxy of that quasar looked at the Milky Way at the same time we looked at their galaxy‚ what kind of object might they see? Explain. How would the color of light they observe be different than the color of light emitted by the Milky Way? Explain. 2. What is Hubble’s Law and how can it tell us the distance to a galaxy? Hubble’s Law contains a constant (labeled H‚ the slope of a line). How is the value of
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the word cosmos? 2. How many stars are in the Milky Way Galaxy? 3. How far across is the Milky Way Galaxy? 4. Where is the Sun located in the Milky Way Galaxy? 5. What is the age of the universe thought to be? 6. What is nuclear fusion? 7. Why does Carl Sagan say we are made of star stuff? 8. What is the Sun mainly made of? 9. What is an astronomical unit? Parsec? Light year? 10. What important discovery did Hubble make about distant galaxies that led us to the conclusion that the universe
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Astronomy / Origins 2B03 Practice Midterm Questions 1. Our solar system is located in the a) Milky Way’s galactic halo b) Milky Way’s central bulge c) Milky Way’s galactic disk d) space between the Milky Way and its neighbouring galaxies e) none of the above 2. What happens when you shine a laser beam horizontally across a room? a) the light would be deflected upwards slightly b) the presence of the gravitational field makes the light move slightly faster c) light travels a perfectly straight path
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system? 2) What is the Milky Way galaxy and the sun’s position in it? 3) What is the Big Bang and what does it say about the age of the universe? 4) What is meant by the phase “looking out in the universe is looking back in time? b. Where are we in the universe? 1) What is Earth’s place in the solar system? 2) How close are the nearest stars to the Sun as compared to the distance between the Sun and the Earth? 3) How large is our Milky Way galaxy? 4) How many stars are
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