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Astro 10 - Lecture 10: Our Milky Way Galaxy

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Quick Reminders:

Brief recap (2)

Science

ConcepTest

Our Milky Way Galaxy

Another Galaxy Like Ours

Galaxy Properties

Parts of Our Galaxy

Open Clusters

Galaxy Properties (2)

Globular Clusters

How do we know this?

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Finding the Center

How far away is the center?

Cepheid Variables

Distance and Direction of Galaxy Center

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Where are We?

Finding the Mass of the Galaxy

Mass of the Galaxy (2)

Mass of Galaxy (3)

Rotation Curves

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Dark Matter

DARK MATTER (2)

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Origin of Galaxy

Stellar Orbits

Modelling Stars and Galaxies

Galaxy Formation: Theory

Galaxy Formation: Problems

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Center of Galaxy: Radio Observations

Center of the Galaxy: Gas Spiral

Center of Galaxy: Infrared Observations

Center of Galaxy: Theory

Center of Galaxy: Is it really a BH?

“Proving” a theory?

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What’s Next?

Author: Eric Korpela

E-mail: korpela at ssl.berkeley.edu

Homepage: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/~korpela/

Further information:
For the educational use of the Vista Astro 10 class only