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PH1600: Introductory AstronomyLecture 19: Galaxies

PH1600: Introductory AstronomyLecture 18: GalaxiesStudy: Chapter 15 in The Cosmos book Next Lecture: Chapter 18: Cosmology and the Universe

School: Michigan Technological UniversityProfessor: Robert Nemiroff

Book: The Cosmos by Pasachoff & FilippenkoOnline Course WebCT pages: http://newcourses.mtu.edu/

This class can be taken online ONLY, class attendance is not required!

You are responsible for…

Reading the book One chapter per “quiz period” Anything from that chapter can appear on

quizzes or tests, even if I never mention them during my lecture(s)

This quiz period covers Chapters 15 APODs posted during the semester

APOD review every week during lecture Completing the Quizzes

Chapter 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 & 14 quizzes already due

Chapter 15 quiz due next See WebCT at http://newcourses.mtu.edu/ for

details

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Hidden Galaxy IC 342Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler APOD: 2006 October 5

M33: Spiral Galaxy in TriangulumCredit & Copyright: Thomas V. Davis (tvdavisastropix.com)APOD: 2006 September 14

Bright Galaxy M81Credit & Copyright: Giovanni Benintende APOD: 2006 July 7

Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A from CFHTCredit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT APOD: 2006 July 4

Elliptical Galaxy M87Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler APOD: 2006 May 20

Bright Star Regulus near the Leo 1 Dwarf GalaxyCredit & Copyright: Russell Croman APOD: 2006 June 19

A Nearby Supernova in Spiral Galaxy M100Credit: FORS Team, 8.2-meter VLT, ESO APOD: 2006 March 7

Edge-On Galaxy NGC 5866Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA);

Acknowledgment: W. Keel (U. Alabama)APOD: 2006 June 12

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Dust and StarsCredit: N. Scoville (Caltech), et al., Hubble Heritage Team, NASA APOD: 2006 February 19

Hoag's Object: A Strange Ring GalaxyCredit: R. Lucas (STScI/AURA), Hubble Heritage Team, NASA

APOD: 2004 August 15

Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 from HubbleCredit : Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI), J. Higdon (Cornell) ESA, NASA APOD: 2005 October 22

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1350Credit: H. Boffin, H. Heyer, E.Janssen (ESO), FORS2, ESO APOD: 2005 October 6

The Sombrero Galaxy from HSTCredit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI /NASA)

APOD: 2006 January 15

Unusual Gas Filaments Surround Galaxy NGC 1275Credit & Copyright: C. Conselice (Caltech), WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF

APOD: 2005 July 25

Warped Spiral Galaxy ESO 510-13Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA), C. Conselice (U. Wisconsin / STScI) et al., NASA APOD: 2003 June 7

I Zwicky 18: Young GalaxyCredit: Y. Izotov (MAO, Ukraine), et al., ESA, NASA APOD: 2004 December 3

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300Credit: Hubble Heritage Team, ESA, NASA APOD: 2006 August 27

NGC 1427A: Galaxy in MotionCredit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI), ESA, NASA APOD: 2005 March 4

M64: The Sleeping Beauty GalaxyCredit: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI), S. Smartt (IoA) & D. Richstone (U. Michigan) et al. APOD: 2004 February 11

Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628Credit & Copyright: Russell Croman APOD: 2005 April 8

NGC 6946: The Fireworks GalaxyCredit & Copyright: T. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage), Gemini Obs., AURA APOD: 2005 January 25

The Sombrero Galaxy in InfraredCredit: R. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.) et al., SSC, JPL, Caltech, NASA APOD: 2005 May 11

Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular GalaxyCredit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI),

Y. Momany (U. Padua) et al., ESA, NASA APOD: 2004 November 16

M31: The Andromeda GalaxyCredit & Copyright: Robert Gendler (robgendlerastropixs.com)APOD: 2004 July 18

Leo A: Nearby Dwarf Irregular GalaxyCredit & Copyright: V. Vansevicius (IoP Lithuania), et al., Suprime-Cam, Subaru Telescope, NAOJ APOD: 2004 November 10

NGC 4565: Galaxy on the EdgeCredit & Copyright: Robert Gendler

APOD: 2005 July 8

M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic WindCredit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI / AURA)Acknowledgement: M. Mountain (STScI), et al. APOD: 2006 April 25

M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLTCredit: FORS Team, 8.2-meter VLT, ESO APOD: 2005 December 18

Galaxy Group HCG 87Credit: GMOS-S Commissioning Team, Gemini Observatory APOD: 2005 July 16

Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66Credit & Copyright: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, J.-C. Cuillandre (CFHT), Coelum APOD: 2004 April 7

Galaxy Cluster in the Early UniverseCredit: P.Rosati (ESO) et al.; X-Ray: CXC, NASA / Optical: ESO, VLT

APOD: 2004 February 26

A Galaxy Collision in NGC 6745Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)Acknowledgment: Roger Lynds (KPNO/NOAO) et al. APOD: 2006 November 5

Dusty Galaxy Centaurus ACredit: Marina Rejkuba (ESO-Garching) et al., ISAAC, VLT ANTU telescope, ESO Paranal Obs. APOD: 2003 August 6

Spiral Galaxy NGC 7742Credit : Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/ STScI/ NASA)

APOD: 2003 July 26

Messier 110Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler (Panther Observatory)APOD: 2006 September 8

NGC 4676: When Mice CollideCredit: ACS Science & Engineering Team, NASA

APOD: 2004 June 12

NGC 6872: A Stretched SpiralCredit: FORS Team, 8.2-meter VLT Antu, ESO APOD: 1999 May 25

The Small Cloud of MagellanCredit & Copyright: Josch Hambsch,

Robert Gendler APOD: 2005 June 17

Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 Almost SidewaysCredit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT),

Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT APOD: 2003 May 25

NGC 1700: Elliptical Galaxy and Rotating DiskCredit: Thomas S. Statler, Brian R. McNamara (Ohio Univ.), CXC, NASA APOD: 2003 January 16

The AntennaeCredit & Copyright: Daniel Verschatse (Antilhue Observatory)APOD: 2006 June 30

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232Credit: FORS1, 8.2-meter VLT Antu, ESO APOD: 2004 January 25

The Large Cloud of MagellanCredit & Copyright: Wei-Hao Wang (IfA, U. Hawaii)APOD: 2006 May 10

Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tidal TailCredit: ACS Science & Engineering Team, NASA

APOD: 2006 January 8

Galactic Collision in Cluster Abell 1185Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT APOD: 2005 November 22

The Colliding Galaxies of NGC 520Credit & Copyright: Gemini Obs., AURA, NSF APOD: 2005 September 12

NGC 1316: After Galaxies CollideCredit: P. Goudfrooij (STScI), Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI/AURA), ESA, NASA APOD: 2005 April 4

NGC 1531/2: Interacting GalaxiesCredit & Copyright: T. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage), Gemini Obs., AURA, NSF APOD: 2005 March 1

Spiral Galaxy NGC 3982 Before SupernovaCredit: Stephen Smartt (U. Cambridge), HST, ESA, NASA APOD: 2003 November 3

Galaxy Cluster Lenses Farthest Known GalaxyCredit: ESA, NASA, J.-P. Kneib (Caltech/OMP) & R. Ellis (Caltech)APOD: 2004 February 17

Spiral Galaxies in CollisionCredit: Debra Meloy Elmegreen (Vassar College) et al.,& the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/ STScI/ NASA)APOD: 2004 November 21

The Perseus Cluster of GalaxiesCredit: Jim Misti (Misti Mountain Observatory)

APOD: 2004 October 25

The Coma Cluster of GalaxiesCredit & Copyright: Jim Misti (Misti Mountain Observatory)APOD: 2006 March 21

NGC 2787: A Barred Lenticular GalaxyCredit: Marcella Carollo (ETHZ), Hubble Heritage, NASA APOD: 2002 April 8

The Center of Centaurus ACredit: E.J. Schreier (STScI) et al., HST, NASA APOD: 2005 July 17

The Giant Radio Lobes of Fornax ACredit: Ed Fomalont (NRAO) et al., VLA, NRAO, AUI, NSF APOD: 2005 June 28

A Five Quasar Gravitational LensCredit: K. Sharon (Tel Aviv U.) and E. Ofek (Caltech), ESA, NASA APOD: 2006 May 24

Peculiar Arp 295Credit: Arne Henden (US Naval Observatory, Flagstaff)

APOD: 2005 October 8

Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster LensCredit: Andrew Fruchter (STScI) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA

APOD: 2001 October 7

M31: The Andromeda GalaxyCredit & Copyright: Robert Gendler (robgendlerastropixs.com)APOD: 2004 July 18