MAUI STARGAZING MAY OBSERVING LIST DEEP SPACE
... CONSTELLATIONS - A constellation is a specific area of the celestial sphere as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). There are 88 officially recognized constellations, covering the entire sky. GALAXIES A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstell ...
... CONSTELLATIONS - A constellation is a specific area of the celestial sphere as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). There are 88 officially recognized constellations, covering the entire sky. GALAXIES A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstell ...
Tour of the Universe
... contain many young blue stars and a large amount of dust and gas. It is speculated that at the center of a galactic bulge, there is a black hole. Other galaxies are elliptical in shape and are ovoid and spherical. These galaxies contain much less gas and dust than spiral galaxies and are thought ...
... contain many young blue stars and a large amount of dust and gas. It is speculated that at the center of a galactic bulge, there is a black hole. Other galaxies are elliptical in shape and are ovoid and spherical. These galaxies contain much less gas and dust than spiral galaxies and are thought ...
The galaxies that host powerful radio sources
... • Faint at radio and IR wavelengths. These facts suggest they are distant and dusty. ...
... • Faint at radio and IR wavelengths. These facts suggest they are distant and dusty. ...
Stars Jeopardy
... On the HR diagram, do stars get brighter as you go up the scale or as you go down? ...
... On the HR diagram, do stars get brighter as you go up the scale or as you go down? ...
Integrative Studies 410 Our Place in the Universe
... • Appears the universe “exploded” from a single point in the past – the Big Bang • Age of the universe is 1/H0 or about 14 billion years ...
... • Appears the universe “exploded” from a single point in the past – the Big Bang • Age of the universe is 1/H0 or about 14 billion years ...
Lecture 12
... This tells us that the Universe is expanding and we can get an age estimate for the Universe, but for now we can just use it as a distance estimator. If a galaxy is receding at 7000 km/s, its redshift distance is ~100 Mpc. This works if the Hubble velocity is high enough to washout peculiar local mo ...
... This tells us that the Universe is expanding and we can get an age estimate for the Universe, but for now we can just use it as a distance estimator. If a galaxy is receding at 7000 km/s, its redshift distance is ~100 Mpc. This works if the Hubble velocity is high enough to washout peculiar local mo ...
E1 Introduction to the Universe NEW
... Houston Texas 77077 USA Earth Solar System Milky way Local group Universe ...
... Houston Texas 77077 USA Earth Solar System Milky way Local group Universe ...
The Sky is Our Laboratory
... 16. How many different types of galaxies are there? • It is called the `bulge’ and it consists of stars, generally fairly old. Most galaxies have bulges.. For instance, elliptical galaxies could be considered to consist entirely of a `bulge’. Most spiral galaxies have bulges. There is a (now) well-k ...
... 16. How many different types of galaxies are there? • It is called the `bulge’ and it consists of stars, generally fairly old. Most galaxies have bulges.. For instance, elliptical galaxies could be considered to consist entirely of a `bulge’. Most spiral galaxies have bulges. There is a (now) well-k ...
The Milky Way – A Classic Galaxy
... Discovery of the Milky Way as a Galaxy… • Edwin Hubble used the new 100” Mt. Wilson telescope in the 1920’s to image The Andromeda Nebula • Could see the brightest individual stars. Among them, variables of the right color and light variation to show them as Cepheids • Therefore, this was not a nea ...
... Discovery of the Milky Way as a Galaxy… • Edwin Hubble used the new 100” Mt. Wilson telescope in the 1920’s to image The Andromeda Nebula • Could see the brightest individual stars. Among them, variables of the right color and light variation to show them as Cepheids • Therefore, this was not a nea ...
E:\2012-2013\SSU\PHS 207spring 2013\3rd test 4
... By monitoring a Cepheid star its distance from us can be calculated. Since we assume that nearly all the stars in a cluster are nearly the same age, we can determine the cluster’s age and distance ad some range of the galaxy. 2. What is the difference between an open cluster, an association, and a g ...
... By monitoring a Cepheid star its distance from us can be calculated. Since we assume that nearly all the stars in a cluster are nearly the same age, we can determine the cluster’s age and distance ad some range of the galaxy. 2. What is the difference between an open cluster, an association, and a g ...
the size and structure of the universe
... Over 100 planets have been found OUTSIDE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, orbiting other stars (called EXTRASOLAR PLANETS) ...
... Over 100 planets have been found OUTSIDE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, orbiting other stars (called EXTRASOLAR PLANETS) ...
Document
... the food of the Gods". These words by Ptolemy from around 125 A.D. are handed down together with his famous book The Almagest, the bible of astronomy for some 1500 years. They capture mankind's deep fascination with the movements of the heavens, and the miracles of the physical world. After the Baby ...
... the food of the Gods". These words by Ptolemy from around 125 A.D. are handed down together with his famous book The Almagest, the bible of astronomy for some 1500 years. They capture mankind's deep fascination with the movements of the heavens, and the miracles of the physical world. After the Baby ...
Astronomy 170: Aug. 24 10am class
... • If you didn’t get the honors section instructions, get them from Megan. • We increased the enrollment limit for the honors section, Section 3. If you are in Section 2 and want honors credit for this class, you must fill out a change of section form and have Prof. Bechtold sign it. ...
... • If you didn’t get the honors section instructions, get them from Megan. • We increased the enrollment limit for the honors section, Section 3. If you are in Section 2 and want honors credit for this class, you must fill out a change of section form and have Prof. Bechtold sign it. ...
Milky Way
... • The luminosities of these things are HUGE: 1052 ergs/s. Equivalent to vaporizing a star into pure energy in a matter of 10 seconds. • Also highly beamed and relativistic (indicating jets moving near the speed of light) • Now we have the satellite Swift that can rotate quickly in the sky to do deta ...
... • The luminosities of these things are HUGE: 1052 ergs/s. Equivalent to vaporizing a star into pure energy in a matter of 10 seconds. • Also highly beamed and relativistic (indicating jets moving near the speed of light) • Now we have the satellite Swift that can rotate quickly in the sky to do deta ...
6th Grade Science Chapter 19 Jeopardy Game
... According to the big bang theory, the universe is about? a. b. c. d. ...
... According to the big bang theory, the universe is about? a. b. c. d. ...
1201 Discussion Notes
... Remember, the orbits in an elliptical galaxy are fairly random, so even if we focus on one area there will be a range of Doppler shifted lines from the stars that are moving towards and away from us at different speeds. These all combine (they sort of add together) to make a broadened line. The broa ...
... Remember, the orbits in an elliptical galaxy are fairly random, so even if we focus on one area there will be a range of Doppler shifted lines from the stars that are moving towards and away from us at different speeds. These all combine (they sort of add together) to make a broadened line. The broa ...
Study Guide - Universe Exam key 2014-15 v2
... 4. Make a drawing of each type of galaxy and label them. Include 1-2 facts about each one. Indicate which one represents our own galaxy. Spiral Galaxy looks like a pinwheel and is the type of galaxy we live in. Elliptical galaxies look like flattened balls. The most common. Irregular Galaxies have n ...
... 4. Make a drawing of each type of galaxy and label them. Include 1-2 facts about each one. Indicate which one represents our own galaxy. Spiral Galaxy looks like a pinwheel and is the type of galaxy we live in. Elliptical galaxies look like flattened balls. The most common. Irregular Galaxies have n ...
The Universe - staff.harrisonburg.k12.va
... This picture is called Eskimo because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood. The hood is, in fact, a ring of cometshaped objects flying away from a dying star. ...
... This picture is called Eskimo because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood. The hood is, in fact, a ring of cometshaped objects flying away from a dying star. ...
The Universe
... This picture is called Eskimo because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood. The hood is, in fact, a ring of cometshaped objects flying away from a dying star. ...
... This picture is called Eskimo because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood. The hood is, in fact, a ring of cometshaped objects flying away from a dying star. ...
Stars_Galaxies_Introduction - Etiwanda E
... What is the source of light in a galaxy? – How is energy produced by the sun? – How are sunspots, prominences, and solar flares related? – Why is our sun considered to be an average star? – How does our sun differ from stars in binary systems? ...
... What is the source of light in a galaxy? – How is energy produced by the sun? – How are sunspots, prominences, and solar flares related? – Why is our sun considered to be an average star? – How does our sun differ from stars in binary systems? ...
galaxies
... Globular Clusters • millions to hundreds of millions of stars • old! 6 to 13 billion years • mostly red giants and dwarfs • stars are clumped closely together, especially near the center of the cluster (densely) • surround our disk as a halo Image at http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/release ...
... Globular Clusters • millions to hundreds of millions of stars • old! 6 to 13 billion years • mostly red giants and dwarfs • stars are clumped closely together, especially near the center of the cluster (densely) • surround our disk as a halo Image at http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/release ...
Galaxy
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A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas and dust, and dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias (γαλαξίας), literally ""milky"", a reference to the Milky Way. Galaxies range in size from dwarfs with just a few thousand (103) stars to giants with one hundred trillion (1014) stars, each orbiting their galaxy's own center of mass. Galaxies are categorized according to their visual morphology, including elliptical, spiral, and irregular. Many galaxies are thought to have black holes at their active centers. The Milky Way's central black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, has a mass four million times greater than our own Sun. As of July 2015, EGSY8p7 is the oldest and most distant galaxy with a light travel distance of 13.2 billion light-years from Earth, and observed as it existed 570 million years after the Big Bang. Previously, as of May 2015, EGS-zs8-1 was the most distant known galaxy, estimated to have a light travel distance of 13.1 billion light-years away and to have 15% of the mass of the Milky Way.Approximately 170 billion (1.7 × 1011) to 200 billion (2.0 × 1011) galaxies exist in the observable universe. Most of the galaxies are 1,000 to 100,000 parsecs in diameter and usually separated by distances on the order of millions of parsecs (or megaparsecs). The space between galaxies is filled with a tenuous gas with an average density less than one atom per cubic meter. The majority of galaxies are gravitationally organized into associations known as galaxy groups, clusters, and superclusters. At the largest scale, these associations are generally arranged into sheets and filaments that are surrounded by immense voids.