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    Figures for Chapter 9 of `Galaxies in the Universe'

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  • Figure 9.1: quasar spectrum
  • Figure 9.2: active galaxy NGC 4258 in radio and optical
  • Figure 9.3: model of an active nucleus
  • Figure 9.4: radio galaxies with double-lobed structures
  • Figure 9.5: M87 jet in optical and radio
  • Figure 9.6: electric field of an oscillating charge
  • Figure 9.7: synchrotron radiation
  • Figure 9.8: radio loudness and luminosity
  • Figure 9.9: spectra of blazars
  • Figure 9.10: superluminal motions in blazar BL Lac; superluminal motion in 3C111
  • Figure 9.11: apparent superluminal motion
  • Figure 9.12: intergalactic absorption lines in quasar spectrum
  • Figure 9.13: metal abundance of intergalactic gas
  • Figure 9.14: Hubble UltraDeep Field
  • Figure 9.15: luminosity function of galaxies to redshift z=1
  • Figure 9.16: Lyman break galaxy cB58
  • Figure 9.17: rate of star formation through cosmic history

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