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roblem 1 (2 polnLs)
M101 ls an Sc galaxy wlLh absoluLe 8 band magnlLude M
8
=-21.
a) LsumaLe lLs lsophoLal radlus (8
23
) aL 23 8-mag arcsec
2

b) LsumaLe Lhe maxlmal roLauonal veloclLy of M101.

roblem 2 (1 polnL)
neglecung Lhe eecLs of exuncuon and Lhe k-correcuon, show LhaL Lhe surace brlghLness of a galaxy ls lndependenL of lLs
dlsLance from Lhe observer.

roblem 3 (6 polnLs)
nCC 2639 ls an Sa galaxy wlLh a measured maxlmum roLauonal veloclLy of 324 km s-
1
, and an apparenL 8 band magnlLude m
8
= 12
a) LsumaLe lLs absoluLe 8 band magnlLude.
b) WhaL ls Lhe dlsLance Lo nCC 2639?
c) llnd 8
23
for Lhls galaxy.
d) llnd Lhe mass of nCC 2639 lnLerlor Lo 8
23

e) WhaL ls Lhe lumlnoslLy of Lhe galaxy ln Lhe 8 band ln unlLs of Lhe lumlnoslLy of Lhe Sun? 1he absoluLe 8 band magnlLude of Lhe
Sun ls 3.48.
f) CalculaLe Lhe mass-Lo-llghL rauo of nCC 2639 ln Lhe 8 band, lnLerlor Lo 8
23



roblem 4 (3 polnLs)
lor a Serslc surface brlghLness prole
l(8) = l
o
exp(-(8/8
e
)
1/n
)
wlLh 8
e
= 1 arcsec
a) ploL Lhe surface brlghLness ( = -2.3 log[l(8)/l
o
]) as a funcuon of radlus ln Lhe range 0 < 8 < 30 arcsec (and
varylng from 3 Lo 0) and for n=1, 2, 3 and 4
b) whaL radlus encloses half Lhe LoLal llghL from a galaxy wlLh n = 1? (hlnL: here you need Lo lnLegraLe l(8))
c) whaL ls Lhe average lnLenslLy (ln unlLs of l
o
) wlLhln 8
e
? (hlnL: here Loo you need Lo lnLegraLe l(8))

roblem 3 (3 polnLs)
Co Lo hup://cas.sdss.org/dr3/en/pro[/advanced/galaxles/specLra.asp and do Lxerclse 7 (lncludlng answers Lo
quesuons 7-10)

roblem 6 (3 polnLs)
8ead Lhe paper: hup://www.spaceLelescope.org/sLauc/archlves/releases/sclence_papers/helc1319a.pdf, and
explaln how Lhls course helped you Lo undersLand Lhls paper. WhaL dlmculues have you encounLered ln
undersLandlng Lhls paper.