| I Introduction |
some history (Herschel, Kapteyn, Shapley, Baade)
observables stars (spec, phot, v_rad, p.m.) gas (I, v_rad, excit, H II, H I) stellar evolution (rehearsal SSE), LF, IMF |
| II Solar neigboorhood |
d, v_rad, p.m, Oort diff. rot.
Hyades, Goulds Belt, Local hot bubble |
| III Milky Way |
size, shape, dynamics
R_0, v_rot, rotation curve, z-distribution |
| IV Stellar dynamics |
Boltzmann, Jeans asymm.drift, Schwarzschild ellipsoid
scale length, scale height; density wave |
| V Galactic Centre | radio, opt-NIR; the central BH |
| VI Overall model of MW |
mass distribution, age of populations, IR surface brightness,
DM, DM halo; Evolution, ELS and other |
| VII Satellites of the MW | LMC, SMC, dSph |
| VIII Spiral Galaxies, Elliptical galaxies |
M31, M81; M87
surface brightness profiles globular cluster systems |
| IX Active Galactic Nuclei | |
| X Galaxy clusters, general |
distance determination, galaxy statistics
galaxy LF, colour-magnitude relation X-ray halos, Virial Theorem, DM |
| XI Specific galaxy clusters |
Local Group
M81 group Virgo; Fornax |
| XII Mergers of galaxies | observational evidence; the process, timescales |
| XIII Galaxy evolution |
colour evolution, chemical enrichment
galactic winds, infall hypothesis dynamical evolution |
| Binney & Tremaine | Galactic Dynamics |
| Gilmore, King, & van der Kruit | The Milky Way as a Galaxy |
| Sparke & Gallagher | Galaxies in the Universe |
| Freeman & Bland Hawthorne | The new galaxy (ARAA 40) |