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Our 'Island Universe'

Professor Ian Morison · Gresham College

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About

A lovely name for galaxies - if a little inaccurate. We will learn how the size and spiral structure of our own Milky Way has been determined, how it relates to others within our local group of galaxies and how the gravitational pull of groups and clusters has determined the large scale structure of the Universe.

The talk

  1. Our 'Island Universe' 2008-10-30 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Ian Morison
Year
2008
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Astronomy and space
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
Attribution
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