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Q: Does Hubble's Law work well for galaxies in the Local Group (such as Andromeda)?
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- Suppose you want to observe the molecular gas in a galaxy with redshift z using the rotational transition of CO J=4-3. What frequency would you observe this transition at? (Hint: the CO J=1-0 emits a photon at 115.27 GHz, and higher order transitions emit photons with frequencies in multiples of J. Express your answer as an integer. Values: z = 3.7Imagine that an observed distant galaxy is measured to have a distance of 20 Mpc by a Type Ia supernovae and the redshift of the galaxy indicates the galaxy appears to be moving away from us at a speed of 2200 km/s. What would the Hubble constant be if measured solely based on this galaxy in units of km/s/Mpc?If a standard passenger aircraft can fly at 0.37 km/s (828 mph), how long (in yr) would it take to reach the Sun? How long (in yr) would it take to reach the galactic center? (Note: 1 pc = 3.1 ✕ 1013 km. The radius of the Sun's orbit around the galactic center is approximately 8,300 pc.)
- If a standard passenger aircraft can fly at 0.32 km/s (716 mph), how long (in yr) would it take to reach the sun? ______ yr How long (In yr) would it take to reach the galactic center? (Note: 1 pc = 3.1 x 10^13 km. The radius of the suns orbit around the galactic center is approximately 8,300 pc.) ______ yrIf a standard passenger aircraft can fly at 0.26 km/s (582 mph), how long (in yr) would it take to reach the Sun? yr How long (in yr) would it take to reach the galactic center? (Note: 1 pc = 3.1 ✕ 1013 km. The radius of the Sun's orbit around the galactic center is approximately 8,300 pc.) yrSuppose you have obtained spectra of several galaxies and have measuerd the observed wavelength of the H-Alpha line (rest wavelength = 656.3 nm) to be Galaxy 1: 658.1 nm. Galaxy 2: 667.1 nm. Galaxy 3: 677.6 nm. Assuming a Hubble Constant of 72.5 km/s/Mpc, calculate the distance to each of these galaxies (answer in Mpc)
- Please solve page 3 and 4 using the table below NGC NO. Galactic Longitude (deg) Galactic Latitude (deg) Distance from Sun (kpc) Distance (polar view) (kpc) NGC NO. Galactic Longitude (deg) Galactic Latitude (deg) Distance from Sun (kpc) Distance (polar view) (kpc) 1904 227 -30 13 1 1 6402 21 15 9 9 4590 300 36 10 8 6626 8 -6 6 6 5024 333 80 18 3 6637 2 -10 9 9 5272 42 79 10 2 6656 10 -8 3 3 5904 4 47 7 5 6681 3 -12 9 39 6093 353 20 10 9 6356 7 10 15 15 6121 351 16 2 2 6284 358 10 15 15 6171 3 23 6 5 6838 57 -5 4 4 6205 59 41 8 6 6864 20 -26 21 19 6218 16 26 5 5 6981 35 -33 17 14 6254 15 23 4 4 7078 65 -27 10 9 6266 354 7 7 7 7089 53 -36 12 10 6273 357 9 9 9 7099 27 -47 8 5…Figure 2 shows the "rotation curve" of NGC 2742. It plots the “radial velocity (V)" (how fast material is moving either toward or away from us) that is measured for objects at different distances (R = radius") from the center of the galaxy. The center of the galaxy is at 0 kpc (kiloparsecs) with a speed of 9 km/sec away from us. (These velocities have been corrected for the observed tilt of the galaxy and represent true orbital velocities of the stars and gas.) 200 100 U4779 -100 As you can see, one side of the galaxy is moving with a negative velocity (spinning toward us), while the other side has a positive velocity (spinning away from us). Using Newton's gravity equation, we will be able to determine the gravitational mass of the entire galaxy and how the mass varies versus distance from the galaxy's center. -200 -8 8 -4 Radius (kpc) Read the following text carefully and follow the instructions: Select five radii spaced evenly from 0-10 kpc across the galaxy. Your selections should…Astronomers estimate the mass of the stars in a certain galaxy to be about 3.0e40 kg, and the total mass of this galaxy to be about 1.2e41 kg. The amount of the galaxy’s mass is made up of dark matter is_____ percent.