1. Images of the Universe Prof. Mike Bode Astrophysics Research Institute Liverpool John Moores University

2. Overview Observing the Universe Exploring our Solar System Life and Death of Stars The Realm of the Galaxies The Distant Universe Getting Involved

3. Observing the Universe

9. Exploring our Solar System

23. Life and Death of Stars

24. Stellar Nurseries

25. Charterhouse 12.2.04 Planetary Nebulae!

26. Supernova 1987A The Crab Nebula

27. Supernovae used to measure distance As things get further away, they look fainter. So, if we know how luminous an object is, and can measure how bright it looks, we can work out how far away it is. Such an object is called a Standard Candle

28. The Milky Way

29. The Realm of the Galaxies

33. The Distant Universe

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38. Knowing More/Getting Involved Browse the Internet (e.g. “Astronomy Picture of the Day” – antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod) Buy books and magazines (e.g. “Sky at Night”, “Astronomy Now”, “Sky and Telescope”) Visit Spaceport, Jodrell Bank or Liverpool Museum Join your local Astro Soc (see www.fedastro.org.uk) Do a course (GCSE Astronomy; LJMU, OU or Central Lancs Distance Learning courses - see e.g. www.astro.ljmu.ac.uk/course/distance.shtml) Join the National Schools’ Observatory - www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk Scales - see e.g. pha.jhu.edu/~wpb/scale.html