PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-Galaxies: Birth and Destiny of Our Universe

A sweeping tour of the galaxies from our Milky Way to infinityGalaxies are glittering islands in the Universe interwoven in the web of Dark Matter From Earths mountaintops enormous telescopes peer deep beyond the Milky Way while space telescopes locate majestic images and through seemingly miraculous technology capture them for us to look at and learn with amazementFeaturing the most recent best and even startling images with detailed captions highlighting accessible text Galaxies shows the restless universe beyond our atmosphere Photographs are from more than 30 of the worlds largest groundbased telescopes including the largest to date the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope in Chile It will not be until 2025 that an even larger telescope the Giant Magellan Telescope will join its neighbor in the mountains of Chile and open a wider window into the dark Universe Images are also featured from the Hubble Space Telescope which has continued to operate long past its expected life and to astound and astonish stargazers worldwideHere is the glory of the galaxiesThe Milky Way our Galaxy Stellar Nurseries Stars and Planets When Stars Die In the Heart of the Milky Way Mapping the Milky Way Our Galactic Neighborhood The Magellanic Clouds the Andromeda Galaxy The Triangulum Galaxy Satellite Galaxies How far away are the stars The Gallery of Galaxies Spiral Galaxies Barred Spiral Galaxies Elliptical Lenticular and Dwarf Galaxies Dark Matter The Expanding Universe Monsters and Black Holes Twisting Galaxies Colliding Galaxies Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars Supermassive Black Holes Giant Eyes for the Sky Clusters of Galaxies Cosmic Clusters Gravitational Lensing Dark Forces The Largescale Structure of the Universe Looking Back in Time Birth and Evolution At the Edge of Space and Time The First Galaxies The Beginning of the Universe Dark Energy Cosmology. Modern Cosmology. Look at your thumb.. The matter in it was present in the fiery beginning of the universe. . . Cosmology. , the study of the universe as a whole, can tell you where your matter came from and where it is going. . 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. . Lecture 3; April . 11 2013. Previously.. On Astro-2. The universe is much larger than the Milky Way (Gpc vs kpc). There are billion of galaxies, the Milky Way is average Joe galaxy. Most galaxies can be classified based on their appearance as . http://www.pa.uky.edu. I will add 5 points on your final exam if you complete the evaluation.. Edwin Hubble’s next project.. Having established in 1925 that galaxies were not in the Milky Way, Hubble used the Mt Wilson telescope to obtain spectra of galaxies.. Hubble Expansion and the Big Bang . The fact that more distant galaxies. have higher . redshifts. . indicates that the universe is expanding. This implies that the universe was born in a huge explosion, or . Physicist and communicator at CERN. The dark side of the Universe. Shrimp Nebula. ©. VLT, European Space Observatory. Convince you all of the existence of dark matter. Review how one can catch dark matter. Lecture 2; . April 9 2013. Previously.. On Astro-2. The goal of cosmology is to understand how the universe formed and evolved.. How can we build a theory of the universe valid at all times in every place? . The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest. . –Kurt Vonnegut. Cosmology. Cosmology is the study of the nature of the universe, how the universe began and how it will end, if it does. There is religious cosmology, and scientific cosmology. The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest. . –Kurt Vonnegut. Cosmology. Cosmology is the study of the nature of the universe, how the universe began and how it will end, if it does. There is religious cosmology, and scientific cosmology. Chapter 2. Stars. Section 1 Vocabulary. Spectrum. Apparent Magnitude. Absolute Magnitude. Light-Year. Parallax. Color of Stars. Red and Yellow. Cool. Blue . Warm. Blue flame hotter than yellow flame. The Hubble Deep Field. 10 day exposure –field located in the Big Dipper. Edwin Hubble. Edwin . Hubble. Hubble’s Galaxy Classification . Spiral Galaxies. galaxies like the Milky Way with arcing structures lying in a plane and emanating from the nuclear bulge. The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest. . –Kurt Vonnegut. Cosmology. Cosmology is the study of the nature of the universe, how the universe began and how it will end, if it does. There is religious cosmology, and scientific cosmology. Chapter 21. How does distance affect an image?. Telescope- device that makes an object in the sky appear closer.. Revolutionized astronomy (study of space)- allowed them to see objects in space for first time.. The expanding Universe. Recap. Milky . Way. Distances in the Milky Way: our Galaxy is very large. Other galaxies. Galaxy . properties. Morphology: spiral and elliptical galaxies, spirals can appear different depending on viewing .