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3C 65, 184 3C 273, 126, 164 47 Tucanae, 44 53W002, 89, 193 Index 3C 65, 184 Black holes, 163, 165±166, 171, 204, 3C 273, 126, 164 228±229 47 Tucanae, 44 BL Lacertae objects, 162±163 53W002, 89, 193 ``Blue stragglers'', 45 53W091, 184 Bulges, 28±30, 32, 85, 101, 233±234 Butcher±Oemler eect, 106, 112±113 -elements, 49 C153, 107±108 Abell 496, 134 Carina dwarf galaxy, 52 Abell 851, 113 Carney, Bruce, 42 Abell 1795, 111 Causal density, 12 Accretion, 166 cD galaxies, 116 Active galactic nuclei, 159 Cepheid variable, 6±7, 56±57, 60 Alignment eect, 173 Cl 00241654, 208 ALMA, see Atacama Large Millimeter Cl 135862, 209 Array COBE, 140, 143±146 Andromeda galaxy, 4, 35 Coma Cluster, 133 Antropic principle, 1 Comoving coordinates, 6 Arp 148, 103 Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, 93±95 Arp 188, 103 Conselise, Christopher, 29 Apr 220, 104±105, 130 Constellation-X mission, 244 Arp, Halton, 25, 76, 101 Cooling, 219±221 Asymmetry, 30 Cooling ¯ows, 108±110 Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), Cosmic microwave background, 2, 13, 15, 254±256 141±142, 144±145, 148, 150±151 radiation, 218, 230 Baade, Walter, 35±37 Cosmic variance, 4 BeppoSAX satellite, 94 Cosmological constant, 13±15 Biasing, 219, 222 Cosmological principle, 1±4 Blackbody, 142, 146 Cowie, Lennox, 41 260 Index Critical density, 9±10, 12 GLAST, see Gamma-Ray Large Area Cygnus A, 111 Space Telescope Globular clusters, 35±36, 42, 44±52, 56, 74 Dark Ages, 177, 230, 239, 243 GMT, see Giant Magellan Telescope Dark matter, 25, 69±72, 152, 222 Grains, 68±69 Deuterium, 154±155 Gravitational lens, 61, 63, 72, 206±208, 211 De Vaucouleurs, Gerard, 20±22, 64±65 Gravitational radiation, 156 Disk, 32, 233 Gunn±Peterson eect, 122±123, 126, 230 Disney, Michael, 25, 76 Guth, Alan, 12 Downsizing, 75, 185, 203±204 Dressler, Alan, 104 Harassment, 114 Dust, 85, 204 HE1327À2326, 41 Dwarf galaxies, 23, 25, 43, 48, 52, 129, 231 HE2347À4342, 125 Carina dwarf galaxy, 52 Herschel, 252±253 Hertzsprung±Russell diagram, 46±47, 84 EELT, see European Extremely Large Hierarchical galaxy formation, 203 Telescope HK break, 85±86 Eective radius, 64 Hubble classi®cation, 23 Eggen, Olin, 38, 184, 202, 218 Hubble constant, 6, 10, 14±15, 61, 81 Einstein, Albert, 13 Hubble Deep Field, 68, 91, 187, 189, 194, Einstein±de Sitter Universe, 9 196, 198, 233 Eliptical galaxies, 19, 22, 32, 65, 83, 85, 87, South, 200 100, 132 Hubble, Edwin, 4±5, 19±21 Emission lines, 66 Hubble expansion, 218 European Extremely Large Telescope Hubble law, 6±7, 60 (EELT), 245, 248 Hubble sequence, 21, 28, 31 Extended-ultraviolet disk, 27 Hubble time, 6±7, 29, 81 Exponential disk, 28 Hubble types, 21, 22, 30 Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, 196, 199, 201 Faber±Jackson relation, 74 Far-infrared, 69 Feedback, 111 IC 883, 105 Fine-structure constant, 1 In¯ation, 12 Flatness problem, 12 Initial mass function, 39, 68, 85 Fundamental plane, 74 Interactions, 101 Intergalactic medium, 121±138 Gamma-ray bursts, 93±99 Intergalactic starlight, 115 Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope Intracluster gas, 106 (GLAST), 243 Intracluster medium, 134 Galaxy Ionization, 67 harassment, 114 IRAS F102144724, 209 interactions, 101 Irregular galaxies, 19, 22 mergers, 100±101, 104±105, 113, 185, I Zw 18, 154, 236 233±234 G-dwarf problem, 40, 237 James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), General theory of relativity, 7±8, 13 249±252 Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), 245, Jets, 162 247, 249 JWST, see James Webb Space Telescope Index 261 King model, 29 NGC 3198, 57 NGC 3690, 105 Leavitt, Henrietta, 56 NGC 4038/9, 49, 102 Light echos, 60 NGC 4194, 105 Linde, Andrei, 12 NGC 4258, 61 Lookback time, 10±11, 87 NGC 4435/4438, 114 Luminosity function, 56, 65±66, 164 NGC 4472, 5 Lyman , 88±89, 122, 132, 154, 188±189 NGC 4522, 107, 110 blobs, 191±192 NGC 4569, 184 ``forest'', 95, 124±125, 127, 129, 205, 237 NGC 4647, 20 Lyman-break galaxies, 88, 90, 193±195 NGC 4649, 20 Lynden-Bell, Donald, 38, 184, 202, 218 NGC 4676, 102±103 NGC 5128, 174 M31, 35 NGC 5746, 70 M32, 5, 35, 58, 171 NGC 6042, 50 M51, 102 NGC 6240, 104±105, 130 M81, 24 NGC 6621/2, 103±104 M82, 129±130±132 NGC 7252, 105 M101, 190 NGC 7723, 105 Magellanic Clouds, 37, 68 Nucleosynthesis, 153±154 Large Magellanic Cloud, 51, 56, 59, 61±62 Magellanic spirals, 21 O vi, 129 Magorrian relation, 171, 227 Open clusters, 35 Malin 1, 26, 77 Mass-to-light ratio, 71 Parallax, 55 Mergers, 100±101, 104±105, 113, 185, Passive evolution, 100 233±234 Petrosian radius, 65 Microwave background radiation, 143 Photometric redshifts, 90±91 Milky Way, 36±38, 40, 42, 45, 48, 52, 56, 71 PKS 0745À191, 111 Minkowski's Object, 173±174 PKS 1138À262, 111 Monolithic-collapse, 185 Planetary nebulae, 57 Monolithic formation, 202 Planck, 151, 252±253 Morphological K-correction, 23±24 Population I, 38±39, 59 Morphology±density relation, 104 Population II, 38±39, 42, 202, 236 MRC 1138À262, 179±180 Population III, 225, 238 Population synthesis, 84 Neutral hydrogen, 73 Primary elements, 40 Neutrinos, 156, 228 Proper distance, 11 NGC 205, 35 Proximity eect, 122, 127 NCG 253, 132 NGC 288, 46 Q0957561, 63 NGC 520, 105 Q14222309, 126 NGC 1275, 111 Q10327.10052455.0, 123 NGC 1512, 27 Q2237030, 207 NGC 1569, 49 QSO, 170 NGC 1637, 73 Quasars, 161±163, 170, 178, 227±229 NGC 2623, 105 Quasar host galaxies, 168 262 Index Radio galaxies, 87, 161, 163, 172, 178, 180 ``Super star clusters'', 49 Ram-pressure stripping, 106±108 Surface-brightness ¯uctuations, 57±58 Recombination, 66±67, 140, 143±144, 217 Swift satellite, 99 Recombination±baryon oscillations, 151 Red giants, 45, 47 Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), 245±247 Redshift, 5 Tinsley, Beatrice, 81 Reionization, 123, 229±232 TMT, see Thirty-Meter Telescope Relaxation, 32, 83 TN Ji338À1942, 193 Robertson±Walker metric, 8±9 Tolman dimming, 206 Rotation curve, 70±71 RR Lyrae stars, 45 Tully±Fisher relation, 73±74 Rubin, Vera, 71 Turnaround, 218 S0 galaxies, 21, 48, 51, 75, 100, 112 Van den Bergh, Sidney, 20, 48±49 Sandage, Allan, 22, 38, 184, 202, 218 Van den Bergh's luminosity, 22 Scale factor, 10, 14 Vela satellites, 93 Schechter function, 65±66 Virgo Cluster, 56, 107, 109±110, 114±115, Searle, Leonard, 42±43, 48 218 Secondary elements, 40 Vorontsov-Velyaminov, B.A., 101 Se rsic, J.L., 29 Seyfert nuclei, 159±161 Weyl's postulate Shapley, Harlow, 45 Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe SKA, see Square Kilometer Array (WMAP), 145±148, 150±151 Slipher, V.M., 4 Winds, 234 ``Spaghetti Survey'', 43 WMAP, see Wilkinson Microwave Spectrum X-Gamma mission, 244 Anisotropy Probe Spiral galaxies, 20, 101 Square Kilometer Array (SKA), 256±258 XEUS, see X-ray Evolving Universe Starbursts, 104, 129±130, 132, 228 Spectroscopy mission wind, 129, 131 Star formation, 66, 82, 91, 203 X-ray background, 140±141 rate, 31, 68, 183 X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy Submillimeter galaxies, 186 mission (XEUS), 244 Sunyaev±Zeldovich eect, 61 Supernovae, 13±15, 25, 40, 49, 58±60, 75, Zel'dovich pancakes, 217 96, 98±99, 226±227, 234, 237±238 Zinn, Robert, 42±43, 48 Supernova 1987A, 59, 61±62 Zwicky, Fritz, 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