Title Page
Contents
Preface
1 Galaxies: an overview
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A brief history of galactic astronomy
2 Astronomical Measurements
2.1 Positions, motions and coordinate systems
2.2 Distances determined from velocities
2.3 Magnitudes and colors
2.4 Gravitational lensing
2.5 Archival data and catalogs
Problems
3 The Properties of Stars
3.1 The masses of stars
3.2 The radii of stars
3.3 Classification of stars
3.4 Physical interpretation of stellar spectra
3.5 Color-magnitude diagrams
3.6 The stellar luminosity function
3.7 Interstellar dust
Problems
4 Morphology of Galaxies
4.1 Morphological classification of galaxies
4.2 Surface Photometry of Galaxies
4.3 Photometry of Elliptical Galaxies
4.4 Photometry of Disk Galaxies
4.5 Globular cluster systems
4.6 Abnormal galaxies
Problems
5 Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations
5.1 Stellar evolution and the CM diagram
5.2 Synthesis of the chemical elements
5.3 Models of chemical enrichment
5.4 Evolution of stellar populations
Problems
6 Star clusters
6.1 Globular clusters
6.2 Open clusters
Problems
7 The Cosmic Distance Scale
7.1 An introduction to cosmology
7.2 Absolute distance estimators
7.3 Relative distance estimators
7.4 Results
Problems
8 The Interstellar Media of Galaxies
8.1 How interstellar matter is detected
8.2 The ISM in Disk Galaxies
8.3 The ISM in elliptical galaxies
8.4 Intergalactic gas
Problems
9 The Milky Way's ISM
9.1 The kinematics of differential rotation
9.2 The large-scale distribution of H-I and CO
9.3 Other tracers of the ISM
9.4 The central disk
9.5 The nucleus
9.6 Small-scale structure of the ISM
Problems
10 Components of the Milky Way
10.1 Gross Structure from Surface Photometry
10.2 The bulge
10.3 Kinematics of stars near the Sun
10.4 The structure of the stellar disk
10.5 The halo
10.6 Galaxy models
10.7 Formation and evolution of the Milky Way
Problems
11 Stellar Kinematics in External Galaxies
11.1 Measuring the kinematics of external galaxies
11.2 The stellar kinematics of elliptical galaxies
11.3 The stellar kinematics of disk galaxies
Problems
Appendices
A: Gravitational deflection of light
B: Important astronomical catalogs
C: Richardson-Lucy deconvolution
D: Useful numbers
References
Index