ASTR 303
GALAXIES WEB-MATERIAL AND LINKS
Astronomy Web-Sites
This page will give links to material which is relevant to different
part of the course.
The Milky Way
General information at the
SEDS site
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The Canadian Galactic Plane Survey
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Here's the Star Trek view
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UCLA Galactic Center
group
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Their movie of stellar motions (animated
gif)
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Max Planck Galactic Center
group
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And their movie of stellar motions
(avi format)
The Local Group
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Atlas of the Universe
Local Group
level page (click to zoom in and out)
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Mike Irwin's
Local Group
membership page
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Andrey Kravtsov's
movie of formation of "Local Group"
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John Dubinksi's
Future
of the Local Group simulations and
movie
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Multiwavelength M31
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Raja Guhathakurta's
Giant M31 mosaic
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The Andromeda Nebula (M31) at the SEDS site
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Multiwavelength LMC
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The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy at the SEDS site
and movie by D.R. Law
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The Canis Major Dwarf at the SEDS site
Galaxies
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Galaxy dynamics applet
by Chris Mihos
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Galaxy transformations by Josh Barnes
Gravitational Lensing
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Peter Newbury's
Lensing
Introduction including simulations and movies
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Lens an
Astrophysicist
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Henk Hoekstra's
Weak gravitational
lensing page
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Some classic images:
Einstein Cross,
Abell 2218
Cluster 0024+1654
Microlensing
Large-Scale Structure
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Mike Hudson's
Powers of Two
page and movie
Facilities
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HST:
Hubble Space Telescope
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Spitzer Space Telescope
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JCMT: James Clerk Maxwell
Telescope
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HIA: the
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, near Victoria, BC
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DRAO:
the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in Penticton, BC