A6 · Galaxies
A 19-module path through a6 · galaxies, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy
- Galactic Coordinate System and the Solar Neighborhood
- Hubble Sequence and Galaxy Morphology
- Spiral Galaxies and Density Wave Theory
- Elliptical Galaxies and the de Vaucouleurs Profile
- Stellar Populations I, II, and III
- Galactic Rotation Curves
- Evidence for Dark Matter in Galaxies
- Galactic Dark Matter Halos and Density Profiles
- Interstellar Medium of Galaxies
- Neutral Hydrogen 21-cm Line and Galactic Kinematics
- Galactic Bulge, Bar, and Central Regions
- Galactic Halo and Globular Cluster System
- Tully-Fisher Relation
- Faber-Jackson Relation and the Fundamental Plane
- Galaxy Luminosity Function
- Chemical Evolution and Metallicity Gradients
- Galactic Warps, Streams, and Substructure
- MOND and Alternatives to Galactic Dark Matter