1. Teaching Inquiry in Nigeria: Linda Strubbe (CITA,Toronto) The West African Summer School forYoung Astronomers 2. West African International Summer School forYoung Astronomers…
Slide 1 The extragalactic universe and distance measurements Discovery of the extragalactic universe The cosmic distance ladder. Slide 2 Slide 3 X-RAY Slide 4 Gamma Ray IR…
Slide 1 Chapter 23 The Milky Way Galaxy Slide 2 23.1Our Parent Galaxy 23.2Measuring the Milky Way Early “Computers” 23.3Galactic Structure 23.4The Formation of the Milky…
Slide 1 Chapter 14 The Milky Way Galaxy Slide 2 Units of Chapter 14 Our Parent Galaxy Measuring the Milky Way Galactic Structure The Formation of the Milky Way Galactic Spiral…
Slide 1 The Milky Way Galaxy Slide 2 The Milky Way We see a band of faint light running around the entire sky. Galileo discovered it was composed of many stars. With unaided…
Slide 1 Variables and Transients The exciting parts of the universe Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA)/ CAASTRO – The University of Sydney Dr. Paul Hancock (and occasionally…
Slide 1 Another galaxy: NGC 4414. The Milky Way roughly resembles it. Slide 2 Today’s Lab: Galaxies & Cepheids - Part I. Finding distances to galaxies - Part 2. Shapes…
Slide 1 Chapter 24 Galaxies Slide 2 24.1Hubble’s Galaxy Classification 24.2The Distribution of Galaxies in Space 24.3Hubble’s Law 24.4Active Galactic Nuclei Relativistic…