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Finding Our Place Among Stars
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- 1 When: 4:00 pm to pm Sunday, 11 September 2022
- 2 Finding our place among stars
- 3 Introduction
- 4 Few words about ICTS
- 5 Our place on the Earth
- 6 Our place in the Solar System
- 7 Where does Sun lie wrt other stars?
- 8 Star Counts Mapping
- 9 Catalog of 'fuzzy objects': Messier, NGC Spiral Nebulae: Island Universes
- 10 Island Universes: galaxies
- 11 Galaxies, galaxies Everywhere
- 12 Galaxies: Star aggregates
- 13 Types of galaxies
- 14 What type is our home galaxy?
- 15 Dont take stuff seriously!
- 16 Where are we?
- 17 Where is the Sun in Milky Way?
- 18 Mapping 3D structure requires perspective
- 19 Pitfalls of local view
- 20 Measure distances to farther and farther stars!
- 21 Parallax: Measuring distances to stars
- 22 Inherent motions of stars
- 23 Measuring motions of stars
- 24 Missions to measure distances accurately
- 25 GAIA - Star distances and kinematics
- 26 Nebulae as distance indicators
- 27 Young nebulae as tracers of spiral arms
- 28 Anatomy of Milky Way
- 29 Warp of Milky Way
- 30 Warp of Milky Way - GAIA
- 31 Rotation of Milky Way
- 32 Centre of Milky Way
- 33 Understanding our Home Galaxy
- 34 To conclude....
- 35 Disclaimer
- 36 Thank-you for your attention
- 37 Q&A
- 38 Wrap Up
