AST 465 Observational Galactic Structure

Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: permission of instructor

Star, gas, and dust distribution in our galaxy. Structure studies and classification of other galaxies. Clusters of galaxies, red shifts, Seyfert galaxies, peculiar galaxies, quasars.

syllabus

1. Nearby stars.
2. Distant stars.
3. Large scale (galactic) motion.
4. Stellar populations.
5. Diffuse interstellar medium.
6. Interstellar clouds.
7. Radiation transport.
8. State of interstellar gas.
9. Interstellar dust.
10. Stellar dynamics.
11. Spiral density waves.
12. The Galactic Center.

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