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Studies the Milky Way, stellar populations, kinematics, rotation curves, spiral structure, chemical evolution, dark matter, Galactic center, and nearby galaxies.
Last updated: 2026-09-25 · manifest · review report
Planning
Lectures
- Lecture 01: The Galactic View: Scale, Coordinates, and Components — slides · notes
- Lecture 02: From Light to Orbits: Galactic Coordinates and Distances — slides · notes
- Lecture 03: Stellar Populations as Fossils of Formation — slides · notes
- Lecture 04: Stellar Motions and the Galactic Phase Space — slides · notes
- Lecture 05: The Rotation Curve and the Missing Mass — slides · notes
- Lecture 06: Spiral Structure, Bars, and Galactic Resonances — slides · notes
- Lecture 07: Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disk — slides · notes
- Lecture 08: Dark Matter Halos and the Local Mass Budget — slides · notes
- Lecture 09: The Galactic Center: Black Hole, Bulge, and Nuclear Environment — slides · notes
- Lecture 10: Nearby Galaxies and the Local Group — slides · notes
- Lecture 11: Scaling Relations: Tully-Fisher and Galaxy Structure — slides · notes
- Lecture 12: Inference with Galactic Surveys — slides · notes
- Lecture 13: Galactic Archaeology and the Milky Way in Time — slides · notes
- Lecture 14: A Working Synthesis: What Makes a Galaxy? — slides · notes
Labs
- ASTR 410 Lab 01: The Galactic View: Scale, Coordinates, and Components and From Light to Orbits: Galactic Coordinates and Distances
- ASTR 410 Lab 02: Stellar Populations as Fossils of Formation and Stellar Motions and the Galactic Phase Space
- ASTR 410 Lab 03: The Rotation Curve and the Missing Mass and Spiral Structure, Bars, and Galactic Resonances
- ASTR 410 Lab 04: Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disk and Dark Matter Halos and the Local Mass Budget
- ASTR 410 Lab 05: The Galactic Center: Black Hole, Bulge, and Nuclear Environment and Nearby Galaxies and the Local Group
- ASTR 410 Lab 06: Scaling Relations: Tully-Fisher and Galaxy Structure and Inference with Galactic Surveys
- ASTR 410 Lab 07: Galactic Archaeology and the Milky Way in Time and A Working Synthesis: What Makes a Galaxy?