Comments on: AAS Lecture Liveblog http://chrislintott.net/2008/06/02/aas-lecture-liveblog/ The Universe as seen from the perspective of an astronomical researcher, presenter and writer. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:50:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alice Sheppard http://chrislintott.net/2008/06/02/aas-lecture-liveblog/comment-page-1/#comment-60926 Alice Sheppard Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:56:15 +0000 http://chrislintott.net/2008/06/02/aas-lecture-liveblog/#comment-60926 So if I'm understanding right, in the early years of the Universe, galaxies on average were smaller, and the biggest ones were Ultra-Luminous InfraRed Galaxies - while the biggest today tend to be ellipticals. What about spirals and ellipticals? Were there more spirals or more ellipticals in the Universe's early years? And can we do a Galaxy Zoo project on sampling them to find out the answer? ;) So if I’m understanding right, in the early years of the Universe, galaxies on average were smaller, and the biggest ones were Ultra-Luminous InfraRed Galaxies – while the biggest today tend to be ellipticals.

What about spirals and ellipticals? Were there more spirals or more ellipticals in the Universe’s early years? And can we do a Galaxy Zoo project on sampling them to find out the answer? ;)

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