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Images of the Universe

Images of the Universe. Prof. Mike Bode Astrophysics Research Institute Liverpool John Moores University. Overview. Observing the Universe Exploring our Solar System Life and Death of Stars The Realm of the Galaxies The Distant Universe Getting Involved. Observing the Universe.

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Images of the Universe

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  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

  4. Exploring our Solar System

  5. Life and Death of Stars

  6. Stellar Nurseries

  7. Planetary Nebulae! Charterhouse 12.2.04

  8. Supernova 1987A The Crab Nebula

  9. Supernovae used to measure distance • As things getfurther away, theylook fainter. • So, if we know howluminousan object is,and canmeasure how bright it looks, we canwork outhow far away it is. • Such an object is called aStandard Candle

  10. The Milky Way

  11. The Realm of the Galaxies

  12. The Distant Universe

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  14. 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

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