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Galaxies Galaxies M81

Galaxies Galaxies M81. The Milky Way Galaxy. William & Caroline Herschel. First to study the extent of the Milky Way Galaxy. Herschel’s Grindstone Model. Sun near center of irregularly shaped cloud of stars .  Underestimated size of galaxy  Sun not actually at center.

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Galaxies Galaxies M81

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  1. GalaxiesGalaxiesM81

  2. The Milky Way Galaxy

  3. William & Caroline Herschel First to study the extent of the Milky Way Galaxy

  4. Herschel’s Grindstone Model • Sun near center of irregularly shaped cloud of stars. • Underestimated size of galaxy • Sun not actually at center

  5. Harlow Shapley (1885-1972) • Studied globular clusters (clusters of stars surrounding Milky Way) • Found globular clusters in one direction • Determined true shape of the Milky Way galaxy

  6. Mapping the Galaxy • Visible Light • Strong interstellar absorption • We can see only 4000 - 5000 pcs • Radio Light • Can observe entire galaxy

  7. The Milky Way • ~200 billion stars • ~100,000 light years dia. • ~1,000 light years thick • Greater than 13 billion years old • Barred spiral galaxy

  8. Central Bulge Galactic Disk

  9. The Galactic Disk: • Most stars are here. Nearly all the interstellar gas. • Old Stars (1010yrs) to Younger Stars (106yrs) • Star Formation is occurring now. • Spiral Arms

  10. The Galactic Bulge & Halo Globular Clusters Halo Bulge Corona Disk Galactic Halo • Thin scattering of stars & clusters • Stars (OLD), globular clusters (OLD), no interstellar material. Galactic Bulge • Like the halo, only more crowded

  11. Dark Matter • Significant amount of mass in the Galaxy in an underluminous form (perhaps as much as 90% ) • Compact Objects  White Dwarf, Neutron Stars, Black Holes • MACHO’s - MAssive Compact Halo Objects • Planets, Brown Dwarfs • WIMP’s • Weakly Interacting Massive Particles

  12. The Universe of Galaxies

  13. The “Discovery” of Galaxies • Beginning of the 20th century, what we now call galaxies were referred to as “spiral nebulae” • Believed to be clouds of gas and stars associated with Milky Way. • In 1924 Edwin Hubble measured distance to the “Great Nebula in Andromeda” (M 31) and found its distance to be much larger than the diameter of the Milky Way. Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953)

  14. This meant that M 31, and by extension other nebulae, were galaxies in their own right

  15. Types of Galaxies I. Spirals Spiral galaxies are so-named because of the graceful shapes of arms emanating from a bright central nucleus. Spirals are classified according to how tightly or loosely wound the arms are, and it turns out that the brightness of the central nucleus is correlated to the tightness of the arm. The galaxies M 104 (below) and M 51 (right) respectively show tightly and loosely wounds. Notice the effects of dust in both galaxies. (NOAO/AURA Photos)

  16. M31 - The Great Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda This nearby galaxy in the Local Group of galaxies, of which the Milky Way is a member, is 2.5 million light years away. (NOAO/AURA Photos)

  17. The Nuclear Bulge of M31 Young stars have formed along the foreground spiral arm. M31’s two satellite galaxies M32 and NGC 205, both dwarf elliptical galaxies, are in the bottom center and upper right. (NOAO/AURA Photos)

  18. The Outer Disk of M31 (NOAO/AURA Photos)

  19. Central Region of the Spiral Galaxy M 51 (Hubble Space Telescope Image)

  20. Barred Spiral Galaxies The spiral galaxies M 91 (left) and M 109 (right) have bars across their nuclei from which spiral arms unwind. In virtually all spirals (barred or not) the galaxies rotate such that the spiral arms trail behind in the rotation. The Milky Way is thought to be a barred spiral galaxy. (NOAO/AURA Photos)

  21. Types of Galaxies II. Ellipticals Elliptical galaxies lack spiral arms and dust and contain stars that are generally identified as being old. The elliptical galaxies M 32 (below) and M 110 (right) show varying degrees of ellipticity. (NOAO/AURA Photos)

  22. Types of Galaxies III. Irregulars Irregular galaxies lack any specific form and contain stars, gas and dust generally associated with a youth. The irregular galaxy at right is the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite of the Milky Way located about 180,000 light years from the sun. The LMC is about 60,000 light years across. The bright reddish feature in the upper right is the “Tarantula Nebula” a region of star formation in the LMC. (NOAO/AURA Photo)

  23. Dwarf Irregular Galaxy in Sagittarius Hubble Space Telescope Image

  24. Clusters of Galaxies Rather than occurring individually in space, galaxies are grouped in clusters ranging in size from a few dozens to thousands of galaxies. The Coma Cluster, shown at right, is 300 million light years from the Milky Way and contains more than 1,000 (and possibly as many as 10,000) galaxies. The Milky Way is a member of a small cluster called the Local Group which contains about 40 galaxies. The largest member of the Local Group is M 31, with the Milky Way coming in second in size. (NOAO/AURA Photo)

  25. Galaxies in Collision In this close encounter between two spiral galaxies, their arms are dramatically warped and massive star formation is triggered when the hydrogen gas clouds in the two collide. It is believed the Milky Way may have “cannibalized” small galaxies in the past through collision. Hubble Space Telescope Image

  26. Properties of Galaxies Property Spirals Ellipticals Irregulars Mass/M of Sun 109 to 4x1011 105 to 1013 108 to 3x1010 Luminosity/L of Sun 108 to 2x1010 3x105 to 1011 107 to 3x109 Diameter (light years) 16x103 to 8x105 3x103 to 7x105 3x103 to 3x104 %-age of galaxies 77% 20% 3% National Optical Astronomy Observatory images

  27. Active Galaxies I. The galaxy NGC 7742 is an otherwise normal spiral galaxy except for its extraordinarily bright nucleus that outshines the rest of the galaxy. Such galaxies, i.e. spirals with extremely bright nuclei, form a class of active galaxies known as Seyfert galaxies. Hubble Space Telescope Image

  28. Active Galaxies II. The elliptical galaxy M87, shown below in a wide-field ground-based image, has a very bright, point-like nucleus from which a jet of material emanates. The jet is seen in great detail from an HST image at right. Hubble Space Telescope Image

  29. Active Galaxies III. NGC 4139 Mkn 205 This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4319 and the quasar Markarian 205. The distance to NGC is 80 million light years, which Mkn 205 is 14 times farther away at a distance of 1 billion light year. The very distant quasar is nearly as bright as the much closer galaxy. The extraordinary brightness of quasars, which is a blending of the term quasi-stellar radio source, indicates that some incredibly powerful mechanism must be producing enormous amounts of energy from a small volume of space. Hubble Space Telescope Image

  30. A Lensed Quasar An intervening galaxy between us and this distant quasar is causing light from the quasar to be bent along curved paths that give rise to an Einstein cross, a phenomenon predicted by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. National Optical Astronomy Observatories Image

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