Some course Lecture Slides on AGN. These need Internet Explorer. The powerpoint file is also available.
HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER 2008: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW IN ENGLISH, TYPED, WITH 4-6 SENTENCES EACH. ANSWER IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND REMEMBER THE FUNDAMENTAL POINTS. ILLUSTRATE WITH DRAWINGS OR FIGURES IF YOU WISH. 1. What is a quasar? 2. What is the Unified Model for Seyfert galaxies? 3. What is the origin of the light in the "Big Blue Bump?" 4. What is the origin of infrared light from quasars? 5. What are the radio properties of quasars? 6. How can the masses of central black holes be measured or estimated? 7. Why is understanding quasars important to astronomy in general? The goal here is to express your understanding clearly and briefly in English as if writing a paper or a proposal to a broad but astronomically educated audience.
The popular talk on dark matter in powerpoint format. The powerpoint slides on galaxy clusters and large scale structure..
NASA's Astrophysical Data System, or ADS, is very useful, primarily as a way to look up papers online. Suggested exercise: look up the papers by the astronomers in the department.
Astronomy Picture of the Day is a great webpage to visit every day.
So is the astro-ph preprint server.