PX 269 Galaxies Part 2 The Milky Way

PX 269 Galaxies Part 2: The Milky Way 2. 1 Components and Structure PX 269 Galaxies

The Milky Way PX 269 Galaxies Wei-Hao Wang University of Hawaii

First map of Milky Way: Sun near centre Herschel, 1785

Globular cluster 47 Tuc, 2 MASS PX 269 Galaxies Distribution of globular clusters suggests Sun not close to centre

PX 269 Galaxies Extinction in plane of Milky Way Wei-Hao Wang University of Hawaii

NGC 891, showing extinction Adam Block

PX 269 Galaxies

NGC 6744, Milky Way-like galaxy Capella Observatory

NGC 6744 in HI PX 269 Galaxies Ryder et al 1999

M 51 the Whirlpool Galaxy HII regions

HII regions: the Orion Nebula Mike Fleenor

PX 269 Galaxies NGC 6744, HI, Ryder et al 1999

21 cm HI map of Milky Way

PX 269 Galaxies Molecular clouds

Dust scattering PX 269 Galaxies

Interstellar reddening PX 269 Galaxies

Pleiades open cluster Scattered light Philip Perkins

NGC 891 CFHT PX 269 Galaxies Optical Infra-red 2 MASS

PX 269 Galaxies Wei-Hao Wang University of Hawaii

COBE/DIRBE near infrared image of whole sky PX 269 Galaxies

Part 2: The Milky Way 2. 2 Kinematics PX 269 Galaxies

Galactic co-ordinates PX 269 Galaxies Carroll & Ostlie, 1996

PX 269 Galaxies Carroll & Ostlie, 1996

PX 269 Galaxies Carroll & Ostlie, 1996

Peculiar velocities of nearby stars PX 269 Galaxies Carroll & Ostlie, 1996

Carroll & Ostlie, 1996 PX 269 Galaxies

HI map of whole sky

21 cm line profile along one line of sight PX 269 Galaxies Carroll & Ostlie, 1996

PX 269 Galaxies Carroll & Ostlie, 1996

Rotation curve of Milky Way PX 269 Galaxies

A = rotation curve for centrally-concentrated mass distribution B = rotation curve for extended mass distribution PX 269 Galaxies

First detection of a gravitational microlensing event Alcock et al 1993 PX 269 Galaxies

Discovery of a 5 Earth mass planet Beaulieu et al 2006 PX 269 Galaxies