2. Semester Schedule Final – REQUIRED
Monday, 8 May, Museum, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
STEM Classroom
Galaxies, quasars, cosmology (First 25 questions)
Comprehensive (Next 75 questions)

3. 26 April, 2016: Friends and Family Night
Dome Program – The Sky Tonight, Planetarium Program “Two Small Pieces of Glass,” Discussion on “The Dark Universe,” Live Music by real Physicists!. Bring your family and/or friends! It’s FREE!

4. IQ
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. T F

5. IQ
T. It is true!
The Milky Way looks a lot like M-31, the Andromeda Galaxy that some of you observed at the UNM Campus Observatory!

6. IQ
Star formation is associated with the spiral arms of spiral galaxies. T F

7. IQ
True!
The spiral arms of spiral galaxies are density enhancements that stimulate condensations and compression leading to new star formation.

8. IQ
The two major galaxy types are spirals (right) and ellipticals (left).

9. IQ
What type of object is believed to reside in the core of many, and possibly all, galaxies?
A. A red 1957 Ford Galaxy
B. Carrot Top
C. Jabba the Hut
D. A supermassive black hole, but not Jabba the Hut

10. IQ D.
Million to billion solar mass black holes are found in the centers of galaxies.
For those who must know: the one, and one too many Carrot Top resides in Boca Raton.

11. IQ
The best place to look for a galaxy is next to another galaxy. T F

12. IQ T. True! Galaxies love to cluster!
The local universe is dominated by structure caused by the clustering of galaxies.

13. IQ
Galaxy collisions are a myth. T F

14. IQ F. False! Galaxies are notoriously bad drivers.
A long-range force (gravity) seems to bring them together!

15. IQ
The universe is observed to be expanding. T F

16. IQ
The correct answer is T, the universe as marked by galaxies appears to be expanding.

17. IQ
The distribution of galaxies on the sky.