Introduction to Astrophysics. Episode 21, The Milky Way and Other Galaxies
(2019, original release: 2018)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2018
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6943650
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

Take in our entire galaxy, called the Milky Way. Locate Earth's position; then survey other galaxies, classifying their structure. Use the virial theorem to analyze a typical galaxy, which can be thought of as a "collisionless gas" of stars. Note that galaxies themselves often collide with each other, as the nearby Andromeda Galaxy is destined to do with the Milky Way billions of years from now

Film

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Joshua N. Winn

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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