PDF-(BOOS)-Coming of Age in the Milky Way

From the secondcentury celestial models of Ptolemy to modernday research institutes and quantum theory this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant eccentric personalities who have shaped it From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us those who study the universe have had to struggle against political and religious preconceptions They have included some of the most charismatic courageous and idiosyncratic thinkers of all time In Coming of Age in the Milky Way Timothy Ferris uses his unique blend of rigorous research and captivating narrative skill to draw us into the lives and minds of these extraordinary figures creating a landmark work of scientific history. Lec21: The Milky Way The Milky Way GalaxyLecture 21APOD Lec21: The Milky WayAtomic, molecular, and ionized gas Lec. 21: The Milky Way21 -2 Lec21: The Milky Way (Resolved by Galileo). Milky Way:. Galactic Structure and Dynamics. Milky Way has spiral structure. . Galactic Bulge surrounds the Center. . Powerful radio source Sagittarius A at Center. C. ontains Super-Massive Black Hole . The Milky Way Galaxy. When you look into the hazy band of light across the sky, you are actually looking at our galaxy from the inside. While an awesome sight, you can only truly begin to see it if you get away from city lights on a moonless night. . Recap. Canvas homework: due on Wednesday. Lab this week: Galaxy Morphology. Campus Observatory. Milky Way galaxy. Stars: . brightnesses. , masses, sizes, compositions, evolution. Interstellar matter: gas, dust. Q: in order to study the spatial distribution of the thin disk (which dominates the Milky Way luminosity) surface photometry in the K band from space has been used. What is the advantage of the K band? What sort of stars give off most of their light at 2 microns. The Milky Way: Our Home Galaxy. What are the different. components of the Milky Way?. How do we see those components?. What does a map of each component look like from our point of view?. Stars in the Milky Way. Aug. 24 -- 10am class. Turn in HW 1 in the front of the room. If you didn’t get HW 1 on Monday, turn it in on Friday.. If you didn’t get the telescope lab on Monday, pick it up from Johanna.. bye:. Angelina Battle. The legend of The Milky Way. This is what old people told me when I was a child. Long ago, when the world was new, there were not many stars in the sky. In those days people depended on corn for their food. They would grind it and keep it in bins behind their homes. Bread made from cornmeal, often kept them from starving during the long winter months. . The Greek philosopher Democritus (450–370 BC) proposed that the bright band on the night sky known as the Milky Way might consist of distant stars. Aristotle (384–322 BC), however, believed the Milky Way to be caused by "the ignition of the fiery exhalation of some stars which were large, numerous and close together" and that the "ignition takes place in the upper part of the atmosphere, in the region of the world which is continuous with the heavenly motions.“ The . Now what country…. W. hat continent…. W. hat planet…. W. hat galaxy?. After today’s lesson, you should be able to answer all of these questions and more!. How is our solar system positioned in the milky way galaxy and the universe?. Chapter . 13, . Sections . 1. -5,7 (12 . pages). Homework for Next Time: . www.galaxyzoo.org. Question. Which of these is a picture of the Milky Way?. A. B. D. C. The Milky Way. Angular Size. Andromeda: MW’s Sister Galaxy. Neoplatonist. philosopher . Olympiodorus. the Younger (c. 495–570 AD) criticized this view, arguing that if the Milky Way were sublunary it should appear different at different times and places on the Earth, and that it should have parallax, which it does not. In his view, the Milky Way was celestial. This idea would be influential later in the Islamic world.. Here’s the mystery story we’ll unfold…. Fuzzy blobs in the sky – new solar systems, or “galaxies”?. Observational tests. Herschel’s map of the “universe” . (what we today know as just our Galaxy). The astonishing variety of galaxies derived from a few structural types. Sec 1.3. Irregulars. = misfits in any class. Edwin Hubble . The Realm of the Nebulae . (1936. ). ‘. Tuning Fork’ classification scheme of galaxies.