an introduction to the radio sky
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An Introduction To The Radio Sky. The Visible Sky During The Day. The Visible Sky At Night. The Radio Sky Both Day and Night. Gravitational radiation. PSR B1913+16 discovered and timed at Arecibo. The first extrasolar planets. M33 Spiral Galaxy - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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An Introduction An Introduction To The Radio To The Radio
SkySky
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The Visible Sky During The Day
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The Visible Sky At Night
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The Radio Sky
Both Day and Night
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Gravitational
radiation
PSR B1913+16
discovered and
timed at Arecibo
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The first extrasolar planets
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M33
Spiral Galaxy
Optical + Radio (HI) image
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Galactic Building BlocksGalactic Building Blocks
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CosmologicalPrinciple
CosmologicalEvolution
Cosmic frame
Dark energy
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WMAPresults:
• CMB=380 kyr
• Stars=0.2 Gyr
• Now=13.7 Gyr
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Radio astronomy: Discoveries
• Nonthermal radiation
• The violent universe of SMBHs
• Cosmological evolution
• Emission from cool interstellar gas
• The cosmic microwave background
• Neutron stars
• Gravitational radiation
• Extrasolar planets
• Gravitational lensing