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SIZE OF MILKY WAY Kapteyn all visible stars – 30,000 parsecs sun close to center Shapley globular clusters – 100,000 parsecs sun 2/3 toward rim
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Population I – blue, young, found in disk particularly in arms, circular orbits, high concentration (3%) heavy elements Population II – red, old, found in bulge and halo, elliptical orbits, low concentration of heavy elements Probably smooth transition between end members (i.e. the sun). ? Population III ? – pure H and He
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TWO MODELS OF STAR FORMATION Density wave model Self-propagating star formation model
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Galaxy Shapes spiral (S) barred spiral (BS) spiral with no arms (S0) elliptical (E) irregular (Irr)
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Rotation of Galaxies all stars follow velocity/gravity relationships all galaxies have too little visible mass for rotation speeds
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Any model for the formation and evolution of galaxies must account for collisions!
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Other types of galaxies Radio Galaxies Seyfert Galaxies Quasars probably all black holes with accretion disks
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Stars are grouped in clusters and galaxies Galaxies are grouped in clusters. Even clusters of galaxies are clumped together.
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