Physics Department
ASTR 1P02
Outline
Unit 8: Stellar Evolution
Unit 9: Stellar Remnants
Unit 10: The Milky Way Galaxy
Unit 11: Galaxies
Unit 12: Cosmology
Unit 13: The Solar System
Unit 14: Small Bodies Orbiting the Sun
Links
Calendar entry
Home
>
Courses
>
1P02_DAgostino
>
Galaxies
Galaxies
Dr. Mitrović's Lecture Clips (audio + video, mp4)
Classification of Galaxies
(18:49)
Determining Distances to Galaxies, Part 1: Cepheid Variables
(5:40)
Determining Distances to Galaxies, Part 2: Globular Clusters
(3:27)
Determining Distances to Galaxies, Part 3: Hubble's Law and the Expansion of the Universe
(19:35)
Cosmological Redshift
(3:24)
Determining Distances to Galaxies, Part 4: Type Ia Supernovae
(5:17)
Distribution of Galaxies in the Universe
(5:20)
Galaxy Collisions/Interactions
(10:39)
Active Galaxies, Part 1: Seyfert Galaxies
(3:34)
Why the Time of Variation of an Astronomical Source is Related to its Size
(3:22)
Active Galaxies, Part 2: Radio Galaxies
(3:22)
Active Galaxies, Part 3: Quasars
(5:33)
Dr. Mitrović's Lecture Notes (pdf)
Classification of Galaxies, Part 1
Classification of Galaxies, Part 2; Determining Distances to Galaxies
Hubble's Law and the Expansion of the Universe
Cosmological Redshift; The Distribution of Galaxies
Galaxy Collisions/Interactions; Seyfert Galaxies
Radio Galaxies and Quasars
Additional Sources of Information
Overview:
NASA
;
Photographs from the Hubble telescope
;
Andromeda Galaxy, M31 (NASA)
Classification of galaxies:
Las Cumbres Observatory
;
UC Berkeley
Discovering galaxies:
R.W. O'Connell (University of Virginia)
;
G.H. Rieke (University of Arizona)
Determining distances to galaxies using Cepheid variables:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
;
M. Richmond (Rochester Institute of Technology)
Determining distances to galaxies using globular clusters:
S. Morgan (University of Northern Iowa)
;
M.C. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State University)
;
L. McNish (RASC Calgary)
Galactic distances and Hubble's law:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
;
W.C. Keel (University of Alabama)
;
R. Mutel (University of Iowa)
Cosmological redshift:
R.W. Pogge (Ohio State University)
;
HubbleSite
Determining distances to galaxies using Type Ia supernovae:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
;
Las Cumbres Observatory
Distribution of galaxies in the universe:
Las Cumbres Observatory
Galactic interactions and evolution:
Eerie alignment of ancient giant galaxies; M. Koren, The Atlantic
;
Yost and Daunt (University of Tennessee)
;
J. Schombert (University of Oregon)
Dark matter:
Dark matter comes out of the cold (BBC)
;
Dark matter "ghosts" through galactic smash-ups (BBC)
;
Is dark matter normal matter in disguise? (S. Hossenfelder and N. Lubick,
New Scientist
)
Active galaxies, radio galaxies, and quasars:
NASA
;
Yost and Daunt (University of Tennessee)
;
C. Palma (Pennsylvania State University)
;
S. Morgan (University of Northern Iowa)
;
Supermassive black holes in galactic centres (C.S. Reynolds, University of Maryland)
Clusters of galaxies:
Amazing galaxy cluster images, M.Koren,
The Atlantic
, 2017
;
Most detailed current video animation of our universe (Nature)
;
N. Strobel (Bakersfield College)
;
CHANDRA (NASA)
;
P. Plait (Bad Astronomy)
Summary:
Cornell University
1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way
St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1
Phone: +1.905.688-5550
ext.
3412
Email:
physics@brocku.ca
Fax: +1.905.984-4857
[Disclaimer]
Updated: 25-Apr-2018 11:42