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* Tell me about globular clusters in a Galaxy. (SR)
 
* Tell me about globular clusters in a Galaxy. (SR)
 
** Mass, Number of Stars, Spatial Distribution in a galaxy, Typical Ages, Number in the Milky Way and in M87...
 
** Mass, Number of Stars, Spatial Distribution in a galaxy, Typical Ages, Number in the Milky Way and in M87...
* What is the Spitzer instability? (SR)
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* What is the Spitzer instability? (SR)]
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Galaxy clusters:
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* What are typical temperatures of the gas in a galaxy cluster?
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** How do we know this?/What is the emission mechanism?
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** What if the gas were instead approximately 10 to 100 K cooler.  What would the main emission mechanism be then?
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[[Astrophysics]]
 
[[Astrophysics]]

Revision as of 18:24, 5 December 2008

Questions in this category have been asked by

  • How can you tell the mass and age of a cluster?
  • Draw an HR diagram for a globular cluster
  • What is pleides? What is its mass?
  • Tell me about globular clusters in a Galaxy. (SR)
    • Mass, Number of Stars, Spatial Distribution in a galaxy, Typical Ages, Number in the Milky Way and in M87...
  • What is the Spitzer instability? (SR)]

Galaxy clusters:

  • What are typical temperatures of the gas in a galaxy cluster?
    • How do we know this?/What is the emission mechanism?
    • What if the gas were instead approximately 10 to 100 K cooler. What would the main emission mechanism be then?


Astrophysics