Difference between revisions of "The Milky Way"
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* where are the globular clusters? how many are there? | * where are the globular clusters? how many are there? | ||
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| + | * Draw a sketch of the Milky Way? Label distances. What are the stellar populations and scale heights (4 of them not including globular clusters)? | ||
| + | ** What is the density of halo stars? | ||
| + | ** What is the density of stars in the solar neighborhood? | ||
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Revision as of 02:43, 6 December 2008
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- Draw a sketch of the galaxy edge-on
- what's the rotation curve if there were only the supremassive BH, if it
were constant density, the one actually measured?
- what does this imply? about the density of DM? do you know of any physical
process which would lead to this r-dependence of density
- where are the globular clusters? how many are there?
- Draw a sketch of the Milky Way? Label distances. What are the stellar populations and scale heights (4 of them not including globular clusters)?
- What is the density of halo stars?
- What is the density of stars in the solar neighborhood?
