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           . The Cosmic Time Machine. Astronomical telescopes can’t help viewing the past.. . Distance and time are always mixed in astronomical observations.. The finite speed of light means that we always see things after they have happened–a delay of 8 minutes for the Sun and about 12 billion years for the most distant galaxies we can observe. In other words,. Homogeneous and uniform cosmic expansion . Hubble constant determines scale factor . Hubble diagram was based on a limited distance scale calibrated by Cepheid variable stars in relatively nearby galaxies. 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. H.-W. Rix IMPRS Galaxies Course March 11, 2011. Goal:. Determine . n. *. (M. *. ,. t. age. ,[Fe. /H],. R. ). . for a population of galaxies. How many stars of what mass and metallicity . formed when and where in galaxies?. Extraterrestrials. CELESTIAL BODIES. Astronomy that influence people’s lives and behavior. Astronomy – study of the night sky(planets, galaxies, stars, and other celestial bodies). UNIVERSE – it is everything that exists. Atoms to Astronomy. 2. Special theory of Relativity. It is a basic property of Nature that:. Velocity of Light in vacuum is constant.. All inertial frames are identical so if two objects are moving with a constant velocity, it is impossible to do any test which allows to measure the velocities in absolute manner.. Islands of Stars. Our goals for learning. :. How are the lives of galaxies connected with the history of the universe?. What are the three major types of galaxies?. How are galaxies grouped together?. .. 1. First spiral nebula found in 1845 by the Earl of . Rosse. . Speculated it was beyond our Galaxy.. 1920 - "Great Debate" between Shapley and Curtis on whether spiral nebulae were galaxies beyond our own. Settled in 1924 when Edwin . 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. 4.f. Describe the hierarchical structure (stars, cluster, galaxies, galactic clusters) of the universe & examine the expanding universe to include its age & history & the modern techniques (e.g. radio, infrared, ultraviolet & x-ray astronomy) used to measure objects & distances in the universe. (DOK 2). 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 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. 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 .