ASTRONOMY WORKSHOP EXTRAGALACTIC (AWE)

 

EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE

Why is the sky dark at night? Olbers’ Paradox


Light at different wavelengths. Explore the appearance of galaxies


Understanding astronomical redshifts. Velocity and the Doppler effect


Understanding cosmological redshifts. Doppler effect from changes in path


Light responds to gravity. A gravitational lensing explorer


The expansion of the universe. Play with Hubble’s law


The fate of the universe. Play with the cosmological parameters and see their effects


Gravity, orbits, and Black Holes. How do astronomers measure mass?


Developed by Joseph Benik, Sam Knutson, Justin Zelinsky, Paige Junghans, and Rohan Pathare
Supervised by Melissa Hayes-Gehrke and Alberto Bolatto

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation  
and the Research Corporation for Science Advancementhttp://www.astro.umd.edu/~avondale/http://www.astro.umd.edu/~bolattohttp://www.nsf.gov/http://www.rescorp.org/shapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1shapeimage_7_link_2shapeimage_7_link_3