flash animation

Disk and Halo Characteristics

Shown a Venn Diagram of properties of the Milky Way (in the halo and in the disk), the student is asked to place various characteristics (O and B star abundance, metallicity, open or globular cluster quantity).

keywords: halo, disk, metallicity, globular cluster, open cluster, O stars, B stars

swf file: ca_milkyway_dischalocharacteristics.swf