Manuscript/Mixed Material Letter from Neil Tyson
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Image 1 of Letter from Neil Tyson SaJ Columbia University in the City of New York I New YorkNY 10027 DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY 24 June 1988 Prof Carl Sagan Astronomy Department Cornell University 302 Space Sciences Building Ithaca New…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 2 of Letter from Neil Tyson The AsTROPHYSicAL Journal 329 L57L591988 June 15 C1988 The American Astronomical Society All rights reserved Printed in USA ON THE POSSIBILITY OF GASRICH DWARF GALAXIES IN THE LYMANALPHA FOREST Neil D Tyson…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 3 of Letter from Neil Tyson L58 TYSON Vol 329 M B Fio 1The simulated luminosity function for field dwarf galaxies showing the results of various selection effects A No selection effects B only the surface brightness limit…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 4 of Letter from Neil Tyson No 2 1988 GASRICH GALAXIES IN LYMANALPHA FOREST L59 There is evidence that some gasrich galaxies have H i envelopes that extend 510 optical radii see eg Hunter and Gallagher 1981 and…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 5 of Letter from Neil Tyson BURSTING DWARF GALAXIES IMPLICATIONS FOR LUMINOSITY FUNCTION SPACE DENSITY AND COSMOLOGICAL MASS DENSITY NEIL D TYSON and JOHN M SCALO Reprinted for private circulation from The Astrophysical Journal Vol 329 No 2…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 6 of Letter from Neil Tyson The Astrophysical Journal 3296186281988 June 15 1988 The American Astronomical Society All rights reserved Printed in USA BURSTING DWARF GALAXIES IMPLICATIONS FOR LUMINOSITY FUNCTION SPACE DENSITY AND COSMOLOGICAL MASS DENSITY Neil D…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 7 of Letter from Neil Tyson BURSTING DWARF GALAXIES 619 TABLE 1 Magnitudelimited Catalog of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ID a S BT e m265 A r265 M109 U0099…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 8 of Letter from Neil Tyson 620 TYSON AND SCALO Vol 329 20 15 bfl O J 10 05 00 Slope 041 X 80 100 120 140 160 b Fig 1The B magnitude distribution of dwarf irregular galaxies…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 9 of Letter from Neil Tyson No 2 1988 BURSTING DWARF GALAXIES 621 RADIUS DISTRIBUTION 20 1 1 a 1 z S 1 0 O 1_____ 00 1 000 025 050 075 100 125 Log radius ANGULAR DIAM…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 10 of Letter from Neil Tyson 622 TYSON AND SCALO Vol 329 16 18 M B I I l I l 00 05 10 15 00 05 10 15 00 05 10 15 Log kpc F 3Frequency distributions…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 11 of Letter from Neil Tyson No 2 1988 BURSTING DWARF GALAXIES 623 r 6 kpc 5 1 1 1 1 i v NSV MB pc Observed Observed 1 i i 17 16 MB 2 3 v 15…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 12 of Letter from Neil Tyson A O V 06 I I I I I I I X Radius Distributions 0 Abs B Magnitude Distributions 05 X 04 0 X 0 03 0 XO X 02 xo ox…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 13 of Letter from Neil Tyson o 1 2 3 4 di o h1 ir a BURSTING DWARF GALAXIES iiT 625 T field 1 1 2 3 10 12 14 16 18 4 Br VIRGO fcq M 10…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 14 of Letter from Neil Tyson 626 TYSON AND SCALO M 10 05 00 05 10 Log r kpc Fig 8Absolute B magnitude for dwarf galaxies is plotted with their log radius in kpc Diagonal lines are lines…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 15 of Letter from Neil Tyson T 1 1 1 1 i y 100 a la jy S 95 4 i r t 4 CO a St w 90 be e j 85 S 80 1 1 _1…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
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Image 16 of Letter from Neil Tyson 628 TYSON AND SCALO vn DISCUSSION The number density inferred from the field galaxy simula tions is consistent with the upper limits for H I clouds found by Lo and Sargent 1979…
- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Date: 1988-06-24
About this Item
Title
- Letter from Neil Tyson
Names
- Sagan, Carl (Addressee)
- Tyson, Neil deGrasse (Author)
Headings
- - Astronomy
- - Sagan, Carl
- - Mentorship
- - Mentoring
- - Tyson, Neil deGrasse
- - Merlin's tour of the universe
- - Correspondence
Genre
- Correspondence
Notes
- - Neil deGrasse Tyson writes to thank Carl Sagan for his suggestions for two literary agents he could contact regarding his book tentatively titled Merlin's tour of the universe, published in 1989.
Medium
- Dimensions in inches: 11 x 8 1/2
Source Collection
- The Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive
Repository
- Manuscript Division
Online Format
- online text
- image