Computing

Investigate: Measure the Size of a Galaxy

Have you ever wondered how big a galaxy is? They contain millions to billions of stars but what does that really mean for size?

Reading about sizes in a book is one thing, but what if you could make an observation of a galaxy and then measure its size?

Jan Eldridge
Credit: inSCIght Magazine Photography.
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Occupation: Theoretical astrophysicist

Research Areas: Numerical Modelling, Stellar Evolution, Binary Stars

Wanda Díaz-Merced
Credit: IAU/M. Zamani

Occupation: Astronomer

Research Areas: Sonification, Black Holes

Occupation: Computational Cosmologist

Year born: 1951

Research Areas: Supercomputer Simulations, Galaxy Formation

Anna Scaife
Credit: SKA Organisation

Occupation: Astrophysicist

Year born:

Research Areas: Radio-Astronomy, Artificial Intelligence

Alan Turing c.1930s
Credit: Unknown Author

Occupation: Mathematician and Computer Scientist

Year born: 1912

Research Areas: Computer Programming, Artificial Intelligence

Dorothy Vaughan
Credit: Unknown author

Occupation: Mathematician and Human Computer

Year born: 1910

Research Areas: Computer Programming