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Title: The Milky Way Galaxy
Url: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/milkyway/milkyway.html
Publisher: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Description: This resource covers the nature and components of the Milky Way, including the disk, spiral arms, nucleus, dark matter halo, globular clusters, and central bulge; the interstellar medium, including gas, dust, HI and HII regions, and the distribution of Aluminum-26; stellar populations; rotation of the galaxy; the spiral arms and their formation; and the nucleus of the galaxy. There is an animation illustrating the appearance of the M81 galaxy at different wavelengths.
LC Classification: Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Interstellar matter
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Interstellar matter -- Cosmic dust
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Interstellar matter -- Dark matter
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Stars -- Clusters and nebulae -- Clusters -- Globular clusters
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Stars -- Galaxies
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Stars -- Galaxies -- Milky Way galaxy
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Stars -- Galaxies -- Milky Way galaxy -- General works
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Stars -- Galaxies -- Special topics, A-Z -- Bulges
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Universe. Space. Space sciences -- Study and teaching. Research
GEM Subject: Science
Science -- Physics
Science -- Meteorology
Science -- Astronomy
Science -- Space sciences
Science -- Geology
Science -- Physical sciences
Resource Type: Reference Material
Audio/Visual -- Graph
Instructional Material
Audio/Visual -- Movie/Animation
Audio/Visual -- Image/Image Set
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: High School
Middle School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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