Astro 1050 Wed. Mar 24, 2004
The Period-Luminosity
Relationship
Calibrating the
Period-Luminosity Relationship using Proper Motion
Globular vs. open
clusters
The Distribution of
Globular Clusters
The Shapley-Curtis
Debate: 1920
The Andromeda Galaxy
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
Sensing Hydrogen Gas
The Structure of our
Galaxy
Disk vs. Halo Orbits
Differential Galactic
Rotation
The Galactic Rotation
Curve
Stellar Population and
Galaxy Evolution
Traditional Model of
Galaxy Evolution
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
Possible Origin of Spiral
Arms
Degree of
Organization
of the Spiral Arms
Degree of
Organization
of the Spiral Arms
Tracing the Spiral Arms
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
Density Wave Theory
Self Sustaining Star
Formation
Two limiting cases of
spirals
The Nucleus of the Galaxy
A movie of stars at the
core