Karen Masters

PDF of lecture notes (2 slides per page)

Planned content:

–Milky Way as a galaxy

• History
• Co-ordinates

–The Great Debate

–Hubble sequence

–Physical properties along the Hubble Sequence

–Galaxy photometry

–Galaxy spectra and stellar population models

–Multiwavelength view of galaxies (galaxy SEDs)

–Structure and dynamics of galaxies

• Rotation in discs – dark matter
• Velocity dispersion
• Spiral arm formation models
• Resonances and stability of discs

–Formation of galaxies – unsolved problems