Astronomy 8400 - Extragalactic Astronomy

Prof. Michael Crenshaw (Georgia State University)

M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy)

Syllabus, Lectures

• Syllabus (in PDF)

• 1.AGN_Observations (in PDF)

• 2.AGN_Family (in PDF)

• 3.Central Engine (in PDF)

• 4.AGN Components (in PDF)

• 5.AGN Kinematics (in PDF)

• 6.Galaxy Classification (in PDF)

• 7. Galaxy Photometry (in PDF)

• 8. Galaxy Kinematics (in PDF)

• 9. Stellar Populations (in PDF)

• 10. Large Scale Structure (in PDF)

Student Presentations on the Cosmic Distance Ladder

• Parallax (in PDF)

• Moving Clusters (in PDF)

• Secular and Statistical Parallax (in PDF)

• Main Sequence Fitting(in PDF)

• Cepheid and RR Lyrae Variables (in PDF)

• Luminosity Functions (in PDF)

• Surface Brightness Fluctuations (in PDF)

• Galaxy Kinematics (in PDF)

• Type Ia Supernovae (in PDF)

• Time Delays (in PDF)

Course Homework, Assignments, and Tests

• Homework Set 1

• Homework Set 1 Answers

• Homework Set 2

• Homework Set 2 Answers

• Midterm

• Midterm Answers

• Homework Set 3

• Homework Set 3 Answers

• Homework Set 4

• Student Presentation Assignment

• Final

Useful Web Sites

• NASA Extragalactic Database (NED)