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    Galaxy Morphology: By: Amie Sulaiman Saron Ephraim Stephannie Grijalva

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    There are three main types of galaxies: spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies. Spiral galaxies have spiral arms and a central bulge, elliptical galaxies are spherical and featureless, and irregular galaxies do not have a defined shape. Galaxies can be classified and observed based on their morphology, color, mass, size, and distance from Earth. The document provides details on the spiral galaxies M63 and NGC 4631, and the elliptical galaxy NGC 7331.

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    There are three main types of galaxies: spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies. Spiral galaxies have spiral arms and a central bulge, elliptical galaxies are spherical and featureless, and irregular galaxies do not have a defined shape. Galaxies can be classified and observed based on their morphology, color, mass, size, and distance from Earth. The document provides details on the spiral galaxies M63 and NGC 4631, and the elliptical galaxy NGC 7331.

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    There are three main types of galaxies: spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies. Spiral galaxies have spiral arms and a central bulge, elliptical galaxies are spherical and featureless, and irregular galaxies do not have a defined shape. Galaxies can be classified and observed based on their morphology, color, mass, size, and distance from Earth. The document provides details on the spiral galaxies M63 and NGC 4631, and the elliptical galaxy NGC 7331.

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    Galaxy Morphology: By: Amie Sulaiman Saron Ephraim Stephannie Grijalva

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    There are three main types of galaxies: spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies. Spiral galaxies have spiral arms and a central bulge, elliptical galaxies are spherical and featureless, and irregular galaxies do not have a defined shape. Galaxies can be classified and observed based on their morphology, color, mass, size, and distance from Earth. The document provides details on the spiral galaxies M63 and NGC 4631, and the elliptical galaxy NGC 7331.

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    Galaxy Morphology

    By: Amie Sulaiman Saron Ephraim Stephannie Grijalva

    Overview
    What are galaxies? Three kinds of galaxies How to classify galaxies Theories of galaxy evolution How to observe galaxies Galaxy NGC 4631 Galaxy M63 Galaxy NGC 7331

    What are Galaxies?


    A galaxy is a collection of billions of stars, gas, and dark matter. Some have stardust Some have a nucleus or bulge in the center
    http://antwrp.gfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000130.html

    Spiral Galaxy
    Spiral arms Blue, young stars Arms are loose/tight Lots of gas Lots of dust Center bulge has redder older stars

    www.astr.ua.edu/gifimages/ngc4254.html

    Elliptical Galaxy
    No spiral structure Round, smooth, and featureless Red-orange color and old stars No gas No dust

    www.pd.astro.it/.../ models/L26_01S.html

    Irregular Galaxy
    Two kinds of irregulars Dwarf irregulars: Low mass galaxies with lots young stars Interacting or merging galaxies

    www.noao.edu/outreach/acp/observer/n4449.html

    www.seds.org/pub/images/deepspace/AAT/

    How to Classify Galaxies

    Irregular
    http://perso.wanadoo.fr/lempel/hubble_classification_galaxies_A.jpg

    Theories of Galaxy Evolution What are Galaxy phases?

    How to Observe Galaxies


    Lick Nickel Telescope CCD camera- charged coupled device saturation, hot pixels, bias, cosmic rays Flat field- image of uniform brightness Different filters: red, green, blue Clouds

    http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/news/expannews.cfm...

    Flat Field Pictures

    Flat Field image

    Regular picture of galaxy.

    Image after dividing the flat field.

    M63
    Other name is Sunflower Galaxy NGC # NGC 5055 First discovered in 1779 Part of Canes Venatici and the M51 galaxy group Hubble classification: Sb Distance from earth to this galaxy is about 37 million light years away 1 light year is equivalent to 5.9 trillion miles Has mass of 10 billion stars Diameter is about 53,000 light years Inclination is about 55 degrees msx4.pha.jhu.edu/.../ c.canes.venatici.html

    NGC 4631 The Whale Galaxy


    Spiral Galaxy Discovered by William Herschel in 1787 Part of the Canes Venatici Constellation Hubble Classification: Sc 25 million light years away Size: 40,000 light years Inclination: 75 deg Partner dwarf elliptical galaxy

    Galaxy NGC 7331


    Our Galaxy's Twin
    Spiral galaxy Part of the constellation of Pegasus Discovered by William Hershel in 1784 Hubble Classification: Sb Distance is about 50 million light years away Mass of about 140 billion suns Size is about 71,000 light years Has an inclination of about 58 degrees Best observed in August at midnight

    Conclusion
    There are three major classifications of galaxies. Colors of galaxies can tell you a lot about the age of galaxys stars. Color images are made by using three different filters. Galaxies can morph into different shapes. Galaxies can be seen at different viewing angles.

    Acknowledgments

    We would like to thank Jennifer Lotz our project advisor Gary Martindale our teacher fellow Both Scott Severson and Scott Seagroves for the astronomy lectures. Jason Porter for his vision lectures. Ellie Gates for assistance with the telescope and helping us get our images. Center of Adaptive Optics for their support of cluster 7. Cluster 7 for all the support and good times!

    Bibliography
    www.seasky.org/astronomy/sky1c07.html www.proaxis.com/~sandstone/Astro/Gallery/M63.htm www.ucar.edu/eo/staff/dward/sao/galphot/results.htm www.stardoctor.org/M63.html www.telescope.cc/m63.htm www.seds.org/messir/m/m063.html http://schmidling.netfirms.com/ngc7331.htm http://plettstone.com/AstronomyByMichelle/astrophotos/7331/Default.htm www.ing.iac.es/PR/science/ngc7331_high.html www.calvin.edu/academic/phys/observatory/images/Astr212.Fall2002/NGC7331/ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020329.html www.allthesky.com/galaxies/ngc4631.html www.seds.org//messier/xtra/ngc/n4631.html http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/20ul/1138/index.html www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/observers/n4631.html

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