1. DOI: 10.1126/science.1233545, 572 (2013);340ScienceAndrew W. HowardObserved Properties of Extrasolar PlanetsThis copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only.clicking…

1.Milky Way 2. Regions of the Milky Way diameter of disk = 100,000 l.y. (30,000 pc) radius of disk = 50,000 l.y. (15,000 pc) number of stars = 400 billion thickness of disk…

Slide 1 Charles Hakes Fort Lewis College1 Slide 2 Charles Hakes Fort Lewis College2 Slide 3 Charles Hakes Fort Lewis College3 Chapter 15-16 The Milky Way Dark Matter Extending…

Slide 1 Galaxies - Chapter 24 vs. 1 Slide 2 First spiral nebula found in 1845 by the Earl of Rosse. Speculated it was beyond our Galaxy. 1920 - "Great Debate" between…

Slide 1 Supermassive black holes Slide 2 2 Plan of the lecture 1. General information about SMBHs. 2. “Our” certain black hole: Sgr A*. 3. SMBHs: from radio to gamma.…

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 Slide 2 Stellar orbits change through interactions with inhomogeneities of gravitational potential (molecular clouds, spiral arms, bar) Resonant interactions at corotation…

Chapter 24 Galaxies Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way are billions of other galaxies Some galaxies are spiral like the Milky Way while others are egg-shaped / elliptical or even…

Globular Clusters Globular Clusters A globular cluster is an almost spherical conglomeration of 100,000 to 1,000,000 stars of different masses that have practically the same…

The slides in this collection are all related and should be useful in preparing a presentation on SIM PlanetQuest. Note, however, that there is some redundancy in the collection…