What part did globular clusters play in the determination of the size and shape of the Milky Way?
Q: A globular cluster is located 4.57 kpc interior to the Sun's orbit and 7.93 kpc below the disk of…
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Q: The hydrogen Balmer line has a wavelength of 486.1 nm. It is shifted to 552 nm in a galaxy's…
A: The red shift of hydrogen is, 1+z=λ2λ1z=552486.1-1 =0.1356
Q: If a standard passenger aircraft can fly at 0.37 km/s (828 mph), how long (in yr) would it take to…
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Q: Let us assume that our galaxy consists of 2.5 × 1011 stars each of one solar mass. How long will a…
A: Mass of the galaxy is
Q: The number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy is approximately
A: Number of stars in Milky way galaxy
Q: If a galaxy contains a supernova that at its brightest has an apparent magnitude of +15, how far…
A: Given The apparent magnitude of the supernova, mv =+15The absolute magnitude of the supernova, Mv…
Q: What factors resist the contraction of a cloud of interstellar matter?
A: Interstellar matter is defined as the space between the stars' systems in the galaxy. It is made…
Q: A galaxy cluster has a recessional velocity of 19,000 km/s. Using the best estimate for Hubble's…
A: To calculate the distance of the distant galaxies in megaparsecs (Mpc) Hubble’s law is used. If the…
Q: igure 2: Left: A picture of a nearby galaxy taken with an ultraviolet telescope. Right: A picture of…
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Q: Astronomers estimate the mass of the stars in a certain galaxy to be about 3.040 kg, and the total…
A: It is given that the mass of the stars in a certain galaxy is ms=3.040 kg, and the total mass of the…
Q: d. Torque is the same as force even in direction e. Angular momentum is not a vector f. The…
A: d. False : Torque is moment of force. T→=r→×F→ e. False: Angular momentum is a vector quantity.…
Q: If a galaxy has an apparent radial velocity of 4000 km/s and the Hubble constant is 70 km/s/Mpc, how…
A: Hubble's law states that galaxies move away from Earth with a velocity proportional to their…
Q: If you find a galaxy that contains globular clusters that are 2" in diameter, how far away is the…
A: Given Data The diameter of cluster is:D=25 pc=7.714×1017 m The globular cluster is:θarcsecond=2…
Q: Now, rank the same objects by increasing temperature. For spherical objects, use the surface…
A: Intercloud gas: The gases other than intersteller gases present in space are known as intercloud…
Q: The Virgo galaxy Cluster Much smaller than the Local Group. Contains 35 galaxies.…
A: the Virgo cluster forms the heart of the larger Virgo supercluster that comprises approximately…
Q: The very first "image" of a black hole, at the centre of galaxy M87, was recently taken by the Event…
A: Given: The wavelength of the hydrogen line is λ = 21 cm The diameter of the earth is D = 12742 km…
Q: Among the globular clusters orbiting a distant galaxy, one is moving at 534 km/s and is located 14…
A: Given data: Speed of the globular clusters around the galaxy is, v= 534 km/s= 534000 m/s Distance of…
Q: How is the turnoff point on the H-R diagram of a cluster related to the cluster’s age?
A: Given:- The turnoff point on the H-R diagram of a cluster related to the cluster’s age Explain:- How…
Q: If a very distant galaxy looks overall "blue" to astronomers, from this they can conclude that: O…
A: A region with many young stars appears blue in color. High-mass stars live fast and die young, using…
Q: What kinds of objects lie in the halo of a spiral galaxy?
A: Given :- Spiral galaxy and what kinds of objects lie in the halo of it.
Q: Milky Way galaxy has about 5 x 10° solar masses of gas in total. If 13 solar masses of that gas is…
A: Thousands of stars, dust particles, and gas fill the Milky Way. Observing it from the top or bottom…
Q: If a galaxy contains a supernova that at its brightest has an apparent magnitude of +12, how far…
A: Given:The apparent magnitude of the supernova,mv=12Theabsolute magnitude of the supernova,Mv=-17Find…
Q: What are globular clusters and what did the ones in the Milky Way help us to measure?
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Q: If the sun is 4.6 billion years old, how many times has it orbited the Milky Way? (The sun is 8,300…
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Q: It seems that most of the mass in the Milky Way (about 95%) is made of some sort of matter that does…
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Q: If a galaxy has an apparent radial velocity of 2,319 km/s and the Hubble constant is 70 km/s/Mpc,…
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Q: Imagine that you have achieved immortality and you used it to travel outside of the Milky Way (you…
A: If you were to leave the Milky Way and travel at 1/10th of the speed of light, it would take you…
Q: Hotter, more massive stars are virtually absent from globular clusters. What does this tell us?…
A: Globular clusters are clusters of stars, that are nearly symmetrical and round shaped clusters.…
Q: The most mass of our Milky Way is contained in an inner region close to the core with radius Ro.…
A: Hello. Since your question has multiple sub-parts, we will solve the first three sub-parts for you.…
Q: The Andromeda Galaxy is 2 million light years away from the Milky Way. How far away is the…
A: A light year is the distance travelled by the light in a year
Q: Why are interstellar lines so narrow?
A: Spectral lines are formed due to electrons making transitions between the energy levels inside the…
Q: ching each other, adii ri = 0.2 m, tion of disk 1 is isk 3 in units of
A: Solution: From the figure, it is clearly shown that the three discs are rotating and turning without…
Q: why does the galaxy shown below have so much dust in its disk? How big do you suppose the halo of…
A: A halo is an extended, almost spherical component of a galaxy which extends beyond the main, visible…
Q: A wave traveling in the positive x-direction., Find speed, and period of the wave if it has a…
A: We are given frequency of wave. We are also given its wavelength. We find speed of wave. The speed…
Q: A star at a distance of 50000 light years from the center of a galaxy has an orbital speed of 100…
A: Distance of the star from the center of the galaxy, r = 50000 ly The orbital speed of the star, v =…
Q: From the lists below, choose the one that best ranks the following astronomical objects from closest…
A: The distance of the Jupiter from the Earth,
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Q: Assume that an average globular cluster is 25 pc in diameter. If you observe a galaxy that contains…
A: For the small angle, the approximation is, sin θ≅ tan θ ≅ θIf the angle θ is expressed in…
Q: What is at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy?
A: Required: What is at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy?
Q: The RR Lyrae stars in a globular cluster have apparent magnitudes of 14. Assuming an absolute visual…
A: Given that the apparent magnitude mv=14 and the absolute visual magnitude Mv=0.5, substituting…
Q: (a) Rank the following components of the interstellar medium in order of the wavelengths at which…
A: (a). Components of the interstellar medium are detected due to the interaction between photons of…
Q: What evidence has been found that suggests a black hole at the center of our galaxy?
A: The centre of every galaxy is a matter of great curiosity for astronomers. Blackhole is the object…
Q: If a galaxy contains a supernova that at its brightest has an apparent magnitude of +18, how far…
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Q: Given an image of a disk galaxy, you have measured that the average surface brightness at two radii…
A: Given that, The disk surface brightness profile has the exponential form of, I(R) = e^(–R/Rd)…
Q: Suppose you want to observe the molecular gas in a galaxy with redshift z using the rotational…
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