Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Author biography
Part I Introduction
1 Historical background
2 Brief history of the Universe
3 Let there be light
3.1 Light magnitude
4 Stars
4.1 Clusters
4.2 Stellar evolution
5 Galaxy formation
5.1 Galaxy classes
5.2 Galaxy clusters
5.3 Black holes
5.4 Quasars
6 Measuring the Universe
6.1 Parallax distance
6.2 Cepheids
6.3 Type IA supernovae
6.4 Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB)
6.5 Hubble and his Constant
6.5.1 Redshift
6.5.2 Hubble constant
6.6 Dark matter and dark energy
Part II Galaxies
7 Galaxies
7.1 Milky Way
7.2 Large and small Magellanic Clouds
7.3 Messier 31/Andromeda
7.4 Messier 51 Whirlpool Galaxy (NGC 5194 + NGC 5195)
7.5 Messier 60/NGC 4649/Arp 116
7.6 Messier 74/NGC 628
7.7 Messier 82/NGC 3034/Cigar Galaxy
7.8 Messier 83/NGC 5236/Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
7.9 Messier 87/NGC 4486
7.10 Messier 94/NGC 4736
7.11 Messier 101 Pinwheel Galaxy (NGC 5457, Arp 26)
7.12 Messier 104 (NGC 4594) Sombrero Galaxy
7.13 Messier 106/NGC 4258
7.14 NGC 474/Arp 227
7.15 NGC 660
7.16 NGC 1097
7.17 NGC 1316/Fornax A
7.18 NGC 1365/Great Barred Spiral
7.19 NGC 1433
7.20 NGC 1512/NGC 1510
7.21 NGC 1569
7.22 NGC 2623/Arp 243
7.23 NGC 3808A&B/Arp 87
7.24 Antennae Galaxies/NGC 4038 and NGC 4039
7.25 NGC 4550
7.26 NGC 4565/Needle Galaxy
7.27 NGC 4650A
7.28 NGC 5128/Centaurus A
7.29 NGC 5256/Markarian 266
7.30 NGC 5765A (MCG+01-38-004) and NGC 5765B (MCG+01-38-005)
7.31 NGC 6861
7.32 NGC 6872/Condor Galaxy
7.33 Arp 147/IC 298
7.34 Arp 194/UGC 6945
7.35 Arp 220
7.36 Arp 273/UGC 1810 and UGC 1813
7.37 Cartwheel Galaxy/ESO 350-40
7.38 Circinus Galaxy (ESO 97—G13)
7.39 Hoag’s Object/Galaxy
7.40 Mayall’s Object/Arp 148
7.41 Seyfert’s Sextet/NGC 6027/HCG 79
7.42 Stephan’s Quintet/HCG 92
7.43 Tadpole Galaxy/UGC 10214/Arp 188
7.44 The Bird/Tinkerbell/ESO 593-IG 008
7.45 Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) Galaxy
7.46 3C 348/Hercules A
7.47 GN-z11
7.48 IC 1101
7.49 Abell 426/Perseus Cluster
7.50 Abell 2744/Pandora’s Cluster
7.51 Bullet Cluster/1E0657−558
References
Appendices
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →