Astraios Courses

Galactic and extra-galactic astronomy (2)  

Description

Models of the Galaxy; Galactic structures: spiral arms, galactic warp and flare, stellar streams; resonances in the Galaxy; classification of galaxies, their structure, and properties; methods of determining galactic masses and distances; radial galactic velocities, redshift, and Hubble’s law; galactic gas; space distribution of galaxies, local group of galaxies, clusters of galaxies; basics of galactic evolution; galactic mergers and interaction with intergalactic gas; active galaxies, galactic nuclei, quasars. Outcome: To gain basic knowledge about galaxies in the Universe, their structure, kinematic and dynamic. Students will be able to study and understand the-state-of-the-art scientific papers.

Delivery mode

Presential
English

Name

Galactic and extra-galactic astronomy (2)
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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