Course Reference Material

Extra-Galactic Astronomy and Cosmology

Internal Pages

• NASA's WMAP Cosmology 101
• • Foundations of the Big Bang Theory
  • • Theoretical Pillars
    • Concepts of the Big Bang Theory
  • Observational Tests of the Big Bang
  • • Expansion of the Universe
    • Abundance of the Light Elements
    • The CMB Radiation
  • Limitations and Extensions of the Big Bang Theory
  • • Structure in the Universe
    • Fluctuations in the CMB Radiation
    • The Inflationary Universe
  • Our Universe
  • • Matter in the Universe
    • Measuring Expansion
    • The Age of the Universe
    • The Shape of the Universe
    • The Accelerating Universe
    • The Fate of the Universe
  • Related Topics
  • • First Objects
    • The Milky Way Galaxy
    • The Life Cycle of Stars
• NASA's Imagine the Universe: Structure and Formation of the Universe
• • Testing Inflation Theory
  • The Foggy Universe... The Origin of the Microwave Background
  • Old Light, But New to Us...The Anisotropy of the Microwave Background
  • The Shape of The Universe
  • Weighing the Entire Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy
  • Formation of Structure in the Universe
  • How Old is the Universe?
  • What is the Fate of the Universe
• Milky Way
• • The Multi-Wavelength Milky Way (from NASA's ADC)
  • Structure of the Milky Way (from Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes)
  • Galaxies and the Expanding Universe: Structure of the Milky Way (from ESA)
  • The Milky Way (from NASA's WMAP)
• Galaxies Types and the Hubble Classification Scheme
• • Galaxies and the Expanding Universe: Types of Galaxy (from ESA)
  • Types of Galaxy (from ROG)
  • Elliptical Galaxies (from Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes)
  • Spiral Galaxies (from Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes)
  • Irregular Galaxies (from Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes)
• Distance to Galaxies and Hubble's Law
• • Galaxies and the Expanding Universe: A Redshifted Universe (from ESA)
  • Redshift and Hubble's Law (from NASA's Star Child)
  • Galaxies and the Expanding Universe: Hubble's Law (from ESA)
  • Distances to Galaxies (from Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes)
  • Galaxies and the Expanding Universe: Deriving Hubble's Constant (from ESA)
  • Determining the Hubble Constant (from Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes)
• Active Galaxies and Quasars
• • Extragalactic: Active Galactic Nuclei (from ESA)
  • Active Galaxies (1) (2) (3)(from Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes)
  • Active Galaxies and Quasars (from NASA's Imagine the Universe)
  • Active Galaxies and Quasars (1) (2) (3) (from Harvard's CFA)
• Galactic Clusters and Super-clusters
• • Clusters of Galaxies (from Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes)
  • Galaxy Clusters (1) (2)(3) (from Harvard's CFA)
  • Galaxies and the Expanding Universe: Local Group (from ESA)
  • Galaxies and the Expanding Universe: Distant Galactic Clusters (from ESA)
• Gravitational Lensing, Galactic Masses and Dark Matter
• • Masses of Galaxies (from Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes)
  • Dark Matter (from NASA's Imagine the Universe)
  • The Nature of Dark Matter (from NASA's Imagine the Universe)
  • Gravitational Lensing (from NASA's Imagine the Universe)
  • Gravitational Lensing (from ESA)
  • The Mystery of the Missing Matter (from NASA's Beyond Einstein)
• Dark Energy
• • Dark Energy - Introduction (from NASA's Imagine the Universe)
  • Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe (from Harvard's CFA)
  • Chandra Opens New Line of Investigation on Dark Eergy (from Harvard's CFA)
• Origin, History and Basis of Cosmology
• • Foundations of Big Bang Cosmology (from NASA's WMAP)
  • Great Cosmological Debates (from NASA's GSFC)
  • Cosmology Introduction (from ROG)
  • Cosmology: The Age and Size of the Universe (from ESA)
• Cosmic Microwave Background (from the NASA's WMAP)
• • MAP Results
  • Testing the Big Bang - Cosmic Microwave Background
  • Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background
• Origin of the Universe - The Big Bang, Inflation and Formation of Structure
• • The Beginning of Time (from NASA's Beyond Einstein)
  • Galaxies and the Expanding Universe: Big Bang (from ESA)
  • How Fast is the Universe Expanding? (from NASA's WMAP)
  • Measuring of the Expansion Rate of the Universe  (Copyright STScI/NASA)
  • Galaxies and the Expanding Universe: Age of the Universe (from ESA)
  • How did the Elemental Composition of the Universe Evolve?  (from NASA's Imagine the Universe)
  • The Lumpy Universe (from NASA's Imagine the Universe)
  • The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
  • The Deep Fields (from ESA)

External Links

• Home pages of the main extra-galactic astronomy and cosmology web sites used above:
• • NASA's Imagine the Universe
  • NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
  • NASA's Astonomical Data Center (ADC)
  • Nick Strobel's Astronomy Notes
  • Royal Observatory Greenwich
  • ESA Science & Technology
  • NASA's Star Child
  • Harvard's Center for Astrophysics (CFA)
  • NASA's Beyond Einstein from the Big Bang to Black Holes
  • NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Space Telescope Science Institute
• Milky Way
• • The Milky Way
  • The Milky Way Spiral Structure
  • The Shape of the Milky Way
• Galaxies Types and the Hubble Classification Scheme
• • Hubble 'Tuning Fork' Diagram   (associated image caption here)
  • Galaxy Classification
• Gravitational Lensing, Galactic Masses and Dark Matter
• • Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
• Cosmic Microwave Background
• • Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background
  • The Cosmic Microwave Background
  • Beginners Guide to the Cosmic Microwave Background   (Opens in a new window)
• Origin of the Universe - The Big Bang, Inflation and Formation of Structure
• • Big Bang Cosmology
  • The Big Bang
  • Big Bang Cosmology FAQ
• The 2df Galaxy Redshift Survey
• • Home
  • Introduction
  • Survey Overview
  • Results
  • Publications
• The 6df Galaxy Survey Home Page