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Contents -- Interstellar Medium and the Milky Way
Introduction
Interstellar Medium (ISM)
Dust
Extinction
Reddening
Review Questions
Gas
H II Regions
21 cm radiation
Using 21 cm radiation to Map the Galaxy
Molecules
Molecular clouds
Molecular Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide Connection
Review Questions
Galactic Structure
The Milky Way: our galaxy
Period-Luminosity Relation for Variable Stars
Cepheids
Type I: classical Cepheids
Type II: W Virginis Cepheids
RR Lyrae
Our Location
Our Motion
Deriving the Galactic Mass from the Rotation Curve
Spiral Arms
Density Wave Theory
Self-propogating Star Formation
Transient Spirals
Populations of Stars
Galactic Center
Milky Way Summary
Review Questions
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