'Werkcolleges' of the 2006/2007 course on Galaxies



First set: Review of basic concepts. Stellar populations.


Second lab: Measuring distances in the Universe.

Note: Working in pairs, we will review various distance methods. Check here the final list and some useful references


Third assignment: The colour and spatial distribution of stars in the Galaxy using SDSS

Some explanations of this assignment can be found here


Fourth assignment: Dynamics


Fifth assignment: Rotation curves of disk galaxies.

You will need to go here , load the applet and work out the lab (the link is on the column on the left of that webpage)


Sixth assignment: Chemical evolution. Elliptical galaxies