Astronomy 218
Galaxies and Galactic Dynamics
Fall 2011
T/Th 11:10 - 12:30
544 Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Thursdays 2:00 - 4:00
Professor Leo Blitz
C51 HFA
(510) 643-3000
Email:
blitz@berkeley.edu
Course Texts
Galactic Astronomy
, Binney & Merrifield, 796 pp, $69.95, ISBN 0-691-02565-7,ls Princeton University Press, 1998 [
Error List
]
Galactic Dynamics
, 2nd Ed. Binney & Tremaine, 885 pp, $65.00, ISBN-13:978-0-691-13027-9, Princeton University Press, 2008 [
Error List
]
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
, Mo, van den Bosch, and White, 820 pp, on reserve, ISBN-978-0-521-85793-2, Cambridge University Press, 2010
The Sturcture and Evolution of Galaxies
, Phillips 305 pp, ISBN 0-470-85506-1 (HB), Wiley, 2005
Course Outline
Homework
Links
The Galaxy Catalog
Carl Heiles' IDL Tutorials
Astronomy-related IDL Sites
James Binney's Website
Astrophysical Calculator
(Java)
Hubble Space Telescope Galaxy Gallery
The Galaxy Zoo Project