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Jan 22
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Interstellar Dust - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 16.1, (5.4, 5.7, 13.2, 13.3, 14.2, 14.4)
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HW #1
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Pictures of
star-forming regions,
gaseous pillars,
and
dark globules.
Pictures of
dark clouds and
reflection nebulae.
Johnson-Cousins Filter Transmission Curves (same as Figure 13.2)
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Filter Transmission Curves
Examples of Stellar Spectral Types Classified
Parameters of Main Sequence Stars (Table A.5 and H-R Diagram)
Extinction Curves and "R" (compare with
Figure 16.1)
Color-Color Diagram and
Explanatory Figures
Images of light echoes from interstellar dust.
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Solutions
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Jan 27
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Interstellar Gas - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 16.2, (5.1-5.3)
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How the 21-cm line of H I was first observed.
How Interstellar CO was discovered.
Surveying the 2.6 mm CO line from the roof of Pupin.
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Jan 29
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Emission-Line Nebulae - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 16.3, (5.6)
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HW #2
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The Rosette Nebula, a classic H II region.
Spectrum of the Orion Nebula, another H II region.
Grotrian diagrams.
More Grotrian diagrams and density-temperature diagnostics.
Radio recombination lines.
Pictures of other
emission nebulae and
planetary nebulae.
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Solutions
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Feb 3
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Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 19.1, 19.2
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Summary of the contents of the Milky Way.
The Multiwavelength Milky Way
Model of Milky Way spiral arms.
Maser tracers of Milky Way spiral arms.
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Feb 5
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Kinematics and Dynamics of the Galaxy - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 19.3, 19.4
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HW #3
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Solutions
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Feb 10
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Differential Rotation, the Rotation Curve - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 19.5, 19.6
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Notes on measuring the rotation curve, and the Oort constants
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Feb 12
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The Galactic Center - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 19.7
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HW #4
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Stellar orbits around the Galactic center black hole.
More details about those orbits.
Animation of stellar orbits around the black hole.
The fastest hypervelocity star.
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Solutions
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Feb 17
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Galaxy Structure - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 20.1
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M51 (grand design spiral), NGC 4414 (flocculent spiral).
M105 = NGC3379 (elliptical).
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Feb 19
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Galaxy Spectra, Rotation Curves - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 20.2, (3.2)
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HW #5
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Observing the rotation curve of a galaxy with a long-slit spectrum
Another example, and
another
Another long-slit spectrum with many emission lines
Integrated Hα line profiles from long-slit spectra
Integrated 21 cm line profiles and the Tully-Fisher relation
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Solutions
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Feb 24
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Supermassive Black Holes - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 20.3
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Supermassive Black Hole in M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
Supermassive Black Hole in M87, an Early HST Observation
Theoretical images of black holes
Event Horizon Telescope News
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Feb 26
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Distance Scale, Expansion of the Universe - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 17.3, 20.4, 20.5
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HW #6
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Types of pulsating variable stars
Light curve of Delta Cephei
The Hubble diagram
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Solutions
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Mar 2
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Active Galactic Nuclei, Apparent Superluminal Motion - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 21.1, 21.Appendix
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M87 Radio Jet and
radio movie.
M87 Optical Jet.
Black Hole Mass versus Velocity Dispersion (MBH-sigma Relation).
AGN Optical Spectra.
Apparent superluminal motion in 3C 279,
and formula.
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Mar 4
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Accretion by Supermassive Black Holes, Accretion Disks - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 21.2, 21.3
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Scattering, Polarization, and the Unified Model of Seyfert Galaxies.
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Mar 9
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Cancelled
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Lecture notes on gravitational lensing.
Images of gravitational lenses.
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Mar 11
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MIDTERM EXAM and Solutions
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HW #7 and
Figure
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Formulas and Constants
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Solutions
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Mar 23
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Cancelled
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Mar 25
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Cancelled
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Mar 30
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Quasars as Probes - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 21.4, 21.5
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Accretion disks
Images of gravitational lenses
Lecture notes on gravitational lensing
Microlensing simulation
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Apr 1
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Clusters of Galaxies - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 22
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HW #8 and
Figure
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Large-scale structure
Images of clusters of galaxies.
Thermal plasma cooling function and
analytic approximations.
Lecture Notes
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Solutions
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Apr 6
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Colliding Galaxies, Superclusters and Voids - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 22.2, 22.3
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Refresher on radians, arcseconds, and the small-angle approximation
"Newtonian" Cosmology
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Apr 8
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The Hot Big Bang - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 23.1
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Cosmic Microwave Background
Accompanying notes for April 8 - April 27 classes on cosmology.
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Apr 13
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Newtonian Cosmology - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 23.2
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HW #9
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Newtonian and Relativistic Cosmology
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Solutions
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Apr 15
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Relativistic Cosmology - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 23.5
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Relativistic Cosmology (cont.) (corrected)
Brooklyn is not expanding.
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Apr 20
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The Consensus Model, The Accelerating Universe - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 24.1, 24.2
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HW #10
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Hubble Diagram of type Ia supernovae - evidence for an accelerating universe and a cosmological constant
The consensus model
Figure 24.7
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Solutions
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Apr 22
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The Early Universe, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 24.3
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Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Figures
BBN lecture notes
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Apr 27
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The Very Early Universe, Inflation - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 24.4
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HW #11
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Inflation
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Solutions
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Apr 29
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Formation of Solar Systems - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 8.1, 8.3, 9.Appendix
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Lecture notes
HL Tau protoplanetary disk (ALMA).
TW Hydrae protoplanetary disk (ALMA).
Table 8.4
Example of radioactive decay series.
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May 4
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Asteroids, Trans-Neptunian Objects, Comets, Meteoroids, Dust - Ryden & Peterson, Chapter 11.1-11.4, 12.1, 12.2
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Final Homework
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Lecture notes and figures
Figure 8.1
Asteroids and Trans-Neptunian Objects
Saturn's Cassini Division
Historical Impacts
Data for Solar System Planets and Satellites.
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Solutions
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May 8
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THERE WILL NOT BE A FINAL EXAM
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