Slide 1 The Local Group Approximately 41 members All within 5 million light years of the Milky Way Clustered in two groups around the two dominant spiral galaxies (The Milky…

Slide 1 Slide 2 ASTRONOMY 310 TAs Frank Berghaus [email protected] Marie-Andree Dumais [email protected] Jillian Henderson [email protected] Simon Kras [email protected]…

Slide 1 Formation of Galaxies Types of Galaxies Slide 2 Learning Goals Students will: 1) Learn to classify types of galaxies 2) Explain the formation of galaxies Slide 3…

Slide 1 The Milky Way Galaxy is Heading for a Major Cosmic Collision Roeland van der Marel (STScI) [based on work with a team of collaborators reported in the Astrophysical…

Slide 1 Slide 2  Knowledge of our celestial surroundings began with the early studies of the sky by the ancient Greeks and their careful observations of the stars and…

MILKY WAY Period 1 Caitlin and Hiromi From Earth The Milky Way appears as a hazy band of white light in the sky during the nights. It divides the night sky into two somewhat…

Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies Image of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) with rotation curve superimposed (Turner,2000) Margutti Raffaella Index Definition Historical background…

The Milky Way Galaxy is Heading for a Major Cosmic Collision Roeland van der Marel (STScI) [based on work with a team of collaborators reported in the Astrophysical Journal…

Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies Image of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) with rotation curve superimposed (Turner,2000) Margutti Raffaella Index Definition Historical background…

February 2015 Vol. 2 No. 2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Your planet is changing. Weâre on it. EARTH RIGHT NOW K e n n e d Y S p a c e c e n t e r â S m…