1. Global Rent-A-Scope TutorialFor OurStarPals AstronomersEasy to use “how-to” with the robotic telescope to take an astro-picture! Don’t forget to submit them to the…

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Slide 1 Astro 10-Lecture 13: Quiz 1. T/F We are near the center of our Galaxy 2.Cepheid variable stars can be used as distance indicators because a) They all have the same…

Slide 1 Slide 2 NASA Astronomy Pictures of the day March 2010 [email protected] http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html Slide 3 01. Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae…

Galaxies The Life and Death of the Stars A galaxy is a cluster of stars, gas, and dust that are held together by gravity. There are three main types of galaxies: Irregular…

Star Birth Star Birth AST 112 Lecture 9 Star Birth The Milky Way has 200-400 billion stars. 2-3 stars born per year in our galaxy! What is this? Star Birth Star birth occurs…

Lecture 18 Stellar populations Stellar clusters Open clusters: contain 10-1000 stars loose structure Globular clusters: 1000 - 1 million stars centrally concentrated Simple…

Stars and Galaxies Stars and Galaxies From http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/spiral/2009/07/image/g/results/50/ The galaxy Messier 101 is a swirling…

    •  Throughout  the  universe  there  are  enormous  groups  of  solar  systems  called   galaxies.    They  surround  our  en8re  galaxy,  which…

    •  Throughout  the  universe  there  are  enormous  groups  of  solar  systems  called   galaxies.    They  surround  our  en8re  galaxy,  which…