Directory of Galaxies Resources

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• Active Galactic Nuclei - Quasars
• Milky Way

Resources in This Category

• Andromeda Galaxy

  http://www.solstation.com/x-objects/andromeda.htm
  Information about the Andromeda Galaxy with descriptions and pictures.

• Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies

  http://arpgalaxy.com/
  Information about Halton Arp's 1966 "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies," aimed chiefly at amateur astronomers. Includes summary data, observing tips, and images. By Dennis Webb.

• DIRECT Project Homepage

  http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~kstanek/CfA/DIRECT/
  Determining the distances to nearby galaxies.

• Dust in Spiral Galaxies

  http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/research/dust.html
  HST and ISO Results.

• Faulkes Telescope Educational Guide - Galaxies

  http://www.le.ac.uk/physics/faulkes/web/galaxies/y_ga_intro.html
  Some useful information about the formation of galaxies.

• Galaxies

  http://www.maa.mhn.de/Scholar/galaxies.html
  Includes a set of notes by Nick Strobel. Topics include the structure of the Milky Way, the characteristics of other galaxies, and finding distances to other galaxies.

• Galaxies

  http://www.galacticsurf.net/galaxieGB.htm
  Many selected links to websites dedicated to galaxies.

• Galaxies

  http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Galaxy.html
  NASA Windows to the Universe. Includes illustrations and introductory information about a variety of galaxies.

• Galaxy - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy
  Contains information of the types, dynamics, observations, and formation of galaxies.

• Galaxy Collisions

  http://arxiv.org/html/astro-ph/9908269/homepage.html
  A review article for non-specialists.

• Galaxy Evolution Explorer

  http://www.galex.caltech.edu/
  Contains information about the growth of various galaxies. Also includes images, news, and a glossary.

• Galaxy Formation & Evolution Lecture Notes

  http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~astroc1/Lectures_files/Galaxies-lecture-notes-2011.pdf
  Lectures given in 2011 by Julien Devriendt at Oxford University, which include an introduction to galactic dynamics and a primer on hierarchical galaxy formation.

• Galaxy Morphological Classification

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_morphological_classification
  Wikipedia article about the several schemes in use by which galaxies can be classified.

• Galaxy Zoo

  http://www.galaxyzoo.org/
  Interactive project that allows the user to participate in a large-scale project of galaxy research: classifying millions of galaxies found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

• Globular Clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy

  http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/gcm31.htm
  Data, observation notes about globular clusters within the galaxy.

• High Redshift Supernova Search

  http://www-supernova.lbl.gov/
  Project at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to search for supernovas in very remote galaxies. This provides an accurate means of measuring the distances to remote galaxies and thereby determining the age of the universe.

• Lecture 27: Spirals and Ellipticals and Irregulars

  http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit4/types.html
  Classifications, properties, and structures and dynamics.

• M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

  http://www.astr.ua.edu/gifimages/m31r.html
  Includes a catalog of globular clusters, photos, and brief description.

• Max Planck Institute For Astrophysics : Galaxy Formation

  http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/galaxyformation
  Purpose is to understand the creation of galaxies and the universe has evolved. Plans to study distant galaxies at optical, infrared, and radio frequencies.

• Optical and Interpretative Astronomy Group

  http://www.mpe.mpg.de/opinas/
  Research group at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Observatory studying the structure and evolution of galaxies, especially stellar dynamics, stellar populations and galaxy formation from the point of view of optical and near-infrared astronomy.

• Review Articles about Galaxies

  http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/galaxies.html
  A collection of hundreds of review articles. Topics covered include normal, peculiar and interacting galaxies, as well as galaxy evolution and galaxy clusters. Part of Caltech's "LEVEL 5" knowledgebase of extragalactic astronomy and cosmology.

• Skywalker Viewing Tool

  http://www.mpia.de/home/jahnke/skywalker.html
  Java-based viewing tool that allows the user to view galaxy surveys such as the Hubble Deep Field, using their browser.

• Spiral Galaxies

  http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/galaxies/spiral.html
  Spiral galaxies with short descriptions and photos.

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