Astronomy Picture of the Day: Galaxies Beyond the Heart: Maffei 1 and 2
March 9, 2010
Galaxies Beyond the Heart: Maffei 1 and 2 The two galaxies on the far left were unknown until 1968. Although they would have appeared as two of the brighter galaxies on the night sky, the opaque dust of the central band of our Milky Way...
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This course starts by introducing astronomy as a science. We start as the ancients did, by looking at the sky and trying to understand the motions of the stars and planets. We will then discuss how more modern astronomers have approached the problem by learning how to analyze light. Once we have our astronomical background firmly established, we will start studying the stars above and the galaxies containing them, finishing with a discussion of the history and destiny of the Universe.