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Milky way | |
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Books
"A short history of the universe" by Joseph Silk
"Abell's Exploration of the universe" by Morrison, Wolff, Fraknoi
InternetAstronomy notes by Nick Strobel
Galaxy tutorial from the University of California
Galaxy tutorial from Syracuse University
Multiwavelength Messier Museum
Pretty picturesThe photos in this brief introduction to galaxies are taken from the following webpages;
Hubble space telescope public pictures
Magnus Gålfalks observations with a CCD camera at Stockholm observatory
26th July 2000
Sarah Amandusson
www_astro@mssl.ucl.ac.uk