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Astro 1050     Fri., Nov. 14, 2004
  •    Today: Chapter 13, Galaxies


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Chapter 13: Galaxies
  • Family of Galaxies
    • Classification
  • Properties of Galaxies
    • Distance; The Hubble Law
    • Size and Luminosity
    • Mass (including Dark Matter)
  • Evolution of Galaxies
    • Clusters
    • Mergers
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The Hubble Deep Field
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The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
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“Tuning Fork” Diagram
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Types of Galaxies  (pg. 254-255)
  • Spirals
    •       Sa                   Sb              Sc
         (large nuclei      Þ  small nuclei)
      (little gas,dust   
      Þ lots of gas, dust)


    •      SBa                SBb            SBc    (as above, with BARS)

  • Ellipticals
    • E0  E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7
      (spherical)               (highly elliptical)


  • Irregulars
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Spiral types
  • The nuclear bulge is population II  (old objects)
  • So the Sa – Sc sequence is consistent with
     little gas Þ more gas
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Elliptical Galaxy: M87
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Irregular Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds
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Properties of Galaxies
  • Distance
    • Use Cepheid Variables for close objects
    • Other objects for which Absolute Magnitude is known:
      • Supernova
      • Planetary nebula in certain emission lines
    • Use “Hubble Law” for more distant objects
      • (Correlation of distance with radial velocity)
  • Diameter and Luminosity
    • Obtain from angular size and magnitude, combined with distance
  • Mass
    • Rotation curves
    • Velocity dispersion
    • 90 to 99% of mass is
      “dark matter”


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The Original Hubble Law
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The Hubble Law using galaxies with visible Cepheid variables.
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Hubble Law Example
vr = H0 d
  with H0=0.5 (mile/hr)/mile
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Hubble Law Example
vr = H0 d
  with H0=0.5 (mile/hr)/mile
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Hubble Law Example
vr = H0 d
  with H0=0.5 (mile/hr)/mile
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Hubble Law Example using relative vr and relative d
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The Hubble Law using secondary distance indicators
Ho = 72 ±8 km/s/Mpc
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The Local Group of Galaxies
  • Galaxies live in clusters
    • Rich clusters:  thousands of galaxies
    • Poor clusters:  Fewer than a thousand


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The Coma Cluster
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Evolution of Galaxies
  • Galaxies live in clusters
    • Rich clusters:  thousands of galaxies
    • Poor clusters:  Few than a thousand


  • Fundamental difference between stars and galaxies:
    • Stars live isolated lives:
      • They are much smaller than distance between them




      • They virtually never collide


    • Galaxies are not isolated
      • They are only slightly smaller than the distances between them




      • The can (and do) collide, and interact with gas within clusters
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Effects of Collisions
  • Stars pass “through” each other, but orbits around galaxy disrupted


  • Gas clouds collide
    • Gas stripped away from stars
    • Collisions cause bursts of star formation


  • Ellipticals may be those galaxies which have suffered collisions
  • Spirals may be those galaxies which have not suffered collisions


  • Joshua Barnes (Hawaii) and the Space Telescope Science Institude provide a simulation of the Antenna Galaxies: http://imgsrc.stsci.edu/op/pubinfo/pr/1997/34/images/anima.mov
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Interacting Galaxies: The Antennae
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Interacting Galaxies: Cartwheel
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Simulation of the Cartwheel Encounter
  • From the Space Telescope Science Institute which also provided the Cartwheel image in the textbook:
  • http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/discoveries/striking_encounters/graphics/cartwheel.mpg
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The Hubble Deep Field
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Evidence for “Hierarchical” Galaxy Formation from the Hubble Deep Field
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What this might look like
  • Movie simulation of galaxy formation via assembly of small pieces (courtesy of Space Telescope Science Institute): http://imgsrc.stsci.edu/op/pubinfo/mpeg/galaxies.mpg
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Chapter 13: Galaxies
  • Family of Galaxies
    • Classification
  • Properties of Galaxies
    • Distance; The Hubble Law
    • Size and Luminosity
    • Mass (including Dark Matter)
  • Evolution of Galaxies
    • Clusters
    • Mergers