Galactic Astronomy

Catalog description

(cross-leveled with PHYSCS 4350 , ASTRON 4350 ). The course aims to introduce students to the basic knowledge of our Galaxy: how it looks like, how it might be formed, and how we have gained knowledge about it through observations. The main topics include distance measurement of stars, evolution of stars, interstellar medium, star clusters, the structure of Galaxy. The course will also briefly touch on "Near-field Cosmology" (sometimes referred to as "Galactic Archeology"), i.e., what we can infer from our Galaxy the general picture of galaxy formation and evolution. Credit Hour s : 3