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Galaxies. Chapter 16. Galaxies. Star systems like our _______ _____. Contain a few __________to tens of _______of stars. Large variety of shapes and sizes. Galaxy Diversity. Even seemingly __________regions of the sky contain __________of very _____, very distant __________. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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GalaxiesChapter 16
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Galaxies
• Star systems like our _______ _____• Contain a few __________to tens of _______of stars.• Large variety of shapes and sizes
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Galaxy Diversity
The Hubble Deep Field:
10-day exposure on an apparently empty field in the sky
Even seemingly
__________regions of
the sky contain
__________of very
_____, very distant
__________
:
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Galaxy ClassificationSa
Sb
Sc
E0 = _________
Small ________;
loosely wound __________
E1
E6
E0, …, E7 Large _________;
tightly wound ________
E7 = Highly ____________
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Gas and Dust in GalaxiesSpirals are rich in
______and _______Ellipticals are almost
devoid of ____and ___
Galaxies with disk and bulge, but no dust are termed ______
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Barred Spirals
• Some spirals show a pronounced ______structure in the center• They are termed _________spiral galaxies
• Sequence:
____, …, ______,
analogous to regular spirals
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Irregular GalaxiesOften: result of galaxy _________/ ___________
Often: Very active star ___________(“Starburst galaxies”)
Some: Small (“dwarf galaxies”) satellites of larger galaxies
(e.g., Magellanic Clouds)
Large Magellanic
Cloud
NGC 4038/4039
The Cocoon Galaxy
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Distance Measurements to Other Galaxies (2): The Hubble Law
E. Hubble (1913):
Distant galaxies are moving _________from our Milky Way, with a recession velocity, vr, proportional to their distance d:
vr = H0*d
H0 ≈ 70 km/s/Mpc is the Hubble constant
• Measure vr through the __________effect infer the _____________
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The Extragalactic Distance Scale
• Many galaxies are typically millions or billions of _______________from our galaxy.
• Typical distance units:
Mpc = ______________= 1 million __________
Gpc = ______________= 1 billion __________
• Distances of Mpc or even Gpc The light we see left the galaxy _______or __________of years ago!!
• “Look-back times” of _______or _______of years
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Supermassive Black HolesFrom the measurement of stellar _________near the center of a galaxy:
Infer mass in the very center
______black holes!
Several million, up to more than a billion ______ __________!
Supermassive black holes
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Our Galaxy Cluster: The Local Group
Milky Way Andromeda galaxy
Small Magellanic Cloud
Large Magellanic Cloud
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Galactic Cannibalism• Collisions of large with small galaxies often result in complete _______of the _______galaxy.• ______galaxy is “swallowed” by the ______one.
• This process is called “galactic cannibalism”
NGC 5194