The most interesting galaxies in the universe /

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"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction. 1. Historical background -- 2. Brief history of the Universe -- 3. Let there be light -- 3.1. Light magnitude4. Stars -- 4.1. Clusters -- 4.2. Stellar evolution5. Galaxy formation -- 5.1. Galaxy classes -- 5.2. Galaxy clusters -- 5.3. Black holes -- 5.4. Quasars6. Measuring the Universe -- 6.1. Parallax distance -- 6.2. Cepheids -- 6.3. Type IA supernovae -- 6.4. Tip of the red giant branch -- 6.5. Hubble and his Constant -- 6.6. Dark matter and dark energypart II. Galaxies. 7. Galaxies.Prior to the 1920s it was generally thought, with a few exceptions, that our galaxy, the Milky Way, was the entire Universe. Based on the work of Henrietta Leavitt with Cepheid variables, astronomer Edwin Hubble was able to determine that the Andromeda Galaxy and others had to lie outside our own. Moreover, based on the work of Vesto Slipher, involving the redshifts of these galaxies, Hubble was able to determine that the Universe was not static, as had been previously thought, but expanding.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Joel L Schiff has a PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. He spent his career at the University of Auckland and has written three books on mathematical subjects. His latest book is about the exotic nature of orchids. But astronomy has always remained a passion since receiving a small telescope as a young boy. He was the founder/publisher of the international journal Meteorite, and in 1999, he and his wife, discovered a new asteroid from their backyard observatory.Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 16, 2018).

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