ASTR 406
Spring 2026 Part of Term 1
Part of Term 1
Jan 20-May 6
Jan 20-May 6
Credit: 3 hours.
Nature of the Milky Way galaxy: stellar statistics and distributions, stellar populations, spiral structure, the nucleus and halo. Nature of ordinary galaxies; galaxies in our Local Group, structure of voids and superclusters. Nature of peculiar objects: Seyfert galaxies, starburst galaxies, and quasars. Elementary aspects of physical cosmology.
3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 212, ASTR 210, and ASTR 310 (or equivalent programming experience). Recommended: PHYS 213 and PHYS 214.
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61936
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Lecture
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1
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9:00AM
-9:50AM
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MWF
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134 Astronomy Building
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French, D
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