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Prof. Matthias Steinmetz - Movies
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Fly by movie showing the distribution of RAVE stars compared to the Milky Way disk. Distances by Breddels et al 2009. Movie by Gal Matijevic

768x576 AVI (23MB)

Fly by movie showing the distribution of RAVE stars 200Myrs ago compared to the Milky Way disk. Distances by Breddels et al 2009. Movie by Gal Matijevic

768x576 AVI (27MB)

Fly by movie showing the distribution of SDSS/SEGUE stars compared to the Milky Way disk. Selection, classification, and distances by Paola Re Fiorentin and the SDSS/SEGUE stellar parameter pipeline collaboration. Movie by Gal Matijevic

768x576 AVI (26MB)

Cosmic ménage à trois: Ejection of a satellite galaxy via a three-body encounter. Movie by Laura Sales.
Reference: Sales et al, 2007, MNRAS 379, 1475

600x600 AVI (26MB)

The Milky-Way Andromeda merger

700x500 MPEG (14.0MB)
700x500 AVI (3.6MB)
700x500 QuickTime (4.5 MB)

Cosmological formation of a disk galaxy (40kpc box).
Reference: Abadi et al., 2003, ApJ 591, 499

640x480 MPEG @ 10fps (13.8MB)
640x480 MPEG @ 30fps (60.3MB)
640x480 AVI (70MB)
640x480 QuickTime (113.9 MB)
320x240 AVI (29.7MB)
320x240 QuickTime (32.6 MB)

Cosmological formation of an elliptical galaxy (80kpc box).
Reference: Steinmetz & Navarro, 2002, New Astronomy, 7, 155

640x480 MPEG @ 10fps (9.4MB)
640x480 MPEG @ 30fps (67.9 MB)
640x480 AVI (113.8MB)
640x480 QuickTime (75.7 MB)
320x240 AVI (29.4 MB)
320x240 QuickTime (23.2 MB)

Cosmological formation of a elliptical galaxy (20kpc box).
Reference: Steinmetz & Navarro, 2002, New Astronomy, 7, 155

640x480 MPEG @ 10fps (12.1MB)
640x480 MPEG @ 30fps (62.3 MB)
640x480 AVI (112.1MB)
640x480 QuickTime (102.8 MB)
320x240 AVI (29.9 MB)
320x240 QuickTime (30.9 MB)

Evolution of an individual dark matter halo (same initial conditions as in the elliptical formation movie above)

480x480 MPEG (3.1MB)
480x480 AVI (7.0MB)
480x480 QuickTime (7.0MB)

Collapse of a pancake.
Reference: Navarro & Steinmetz, 1997, Astrophysical Journal, 478, 13
320x240 MPEG (2.2MB)
480x360 MPEG (6.2MB)
320x240 AVI (4.2MB)
480x360 AVI (37.2MB)
320x240 QuickTime (2.9MB)
480x360 QuickTime (28.2MB)

Zoom into a few halos.
Reference: Navarro & Steinmetz, 1997, Astrophysical Journal, 478, 13

320x240 MPEG (1.8MB)
480x368 MPEG (6.7MB)
320x240 AVI (4.2MB)
480x368 AVI (37.2MB)
320x240 QuickTime (2.9MB)
480x368 QuickTime (6.7MB)

Gas dynamical simulation of a galaxy with a relatively quiescent formation history.
Reference: Navarro & Steinmetz, 1997, Astrophysical Journal, 478, 13

480x368 MPEG (6.2MB)
480x368 AVI (34.8MB)
480x368 QuickTime (23.3MB)

Gas dynamical simulation of a galaxy with a relatively violent formation history.
Reference: Navarro & Steinmetz, 1997, Astrophysical Journal, 478, 13

480x368 MPEG (6.2MB)
480x368 AVI (35.5MB)
480x368 QuickTime (26.7MB)

Density map of cosmological structures producing damped Lyman-alpha absorption.
Reference: Haehnelt, Steinmetz & Rauch 1998, Astrophysical Journal, 495, 647

320x240 MPEG (4.0MB)
640x480 MPEG (4.0MB)
320x240 AVI (3.0MB)
640x480 AVI (8.2MB)
320x240 QuickTime (2.9MB)
640x480 QuickTime (9.0MB)

Temperature map of cosmological structures producing damped Lyman-alpha absorption.
Reference: Haehnelt, Steinmetz & Rauch 1998, Astrophysical Journal, 495, 647

320x240 MPEG (4.0MB)
640x480 MPEG (4.0MB)
320x240 AVI (3.0MB)
640x480 AVI (11.4MB)
320x240 QuickTime (2.7MB)
640x480 QuickTime (7.2MB)
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