What is the Milky Way Galaxy? Spiral galaxy Containing 400 billion stars including our solar system Plus gas and dust x750 solar mass What is the Milky Way Galaxy? 100000…

Ch. 27.3 Star Groups Constellations Patterns of stars in the sky, in which the stars are not necessarily close together. 88 constellations recognized by astronomers. Most…

Last Year’s Exam, Section B Answer any 3 of 5 short questions 5 marks each exam is out of 50 i.e. 120/50=2.4 minutes per mark hence each question should take ~12 minutes…

Introduction to Astronomy I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of stars makes me dream. - Vincent Van Gogh This is big to us. Diameter of the Earth = 12,756 km…

Option H: Relativity H8 Evidence to support general relativity H.8.1 Outline an experiment for the bending of electromagnetic waves by a massive object. H.8.2 Describe gravitational…

The Origin of the Universe Unit: Life on Earth Topic 1: Understanding our Universe Biology in Focus, Preliminary Course Glenda Childrawi and Stephanie Hollis Introduction…

11•04•09 400 years of astronomy 14-15soundtrack: “Starstruck” by Lady Gaga 400 years of stargazing The Milky Way North W es t South Ea st PEGASUS The Winged Horse…

Material from Units 79 -- 86 Our Galaxy, the Milky Way A galaxy is a large collection of billions of stars The galaxy in which the Sun is located is called the Milky Way…

This Set of Slides This set of material starts “the big(gest) picture”. Cosmology – the study of the structure and evolution of the universe. This set of slides deals…