Edexcel GCSE Astronomy 1AS0 · 15
Our place in the Galaxy
- Code
- 15
- Topic of
- Edexcel GCSE Astronomy 1AS0
- Course
- GCSE Astronomy 1AS0
- Board
- Edexcel
Grade boundaries·Edexcel command words
Codes and titles are read by a script from Edexcel's published specification and have not been checked by a person. What each point covers is in the specification itself: Edexcel’s specification.
Points under 15
- 15.1 The Milky Way through binoculars or a telescope
- 15.2 Size, shape and structure of our Galaxy
- 15.3 21 cm radio waves and the Galaxy's structure
- 15.4 The Local Group
- 15.5 Composition and scale of the Local Group
- 15.6 Hubble classification of galaxies
- 15.7 Hubble's tuning fork diagram
- 15.8 The Milky Way as a barred spiral
- 15.9 Galaxies emitting beyond visible light
- 15.10 Active galactic nuclei
- 15.11 Types of active galaxy
- 15.12 Observing AGNs across the spectrum
- 15.13 Clusters and superclusters of galaxies
- 15.14 Formation and evolution of galaxies
Topics in 1AS0
- 1 Planet Earth
- 2 The lunar disc
- 3 The Earth-Moon-Sun system
- 4 Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun cycles
- 5 Solar System observation
- 6 Celestial observation
- 7 Early models of the Solar System
- 8 Planetary motion and gravity
- 9 Exploring the Moon
- 10 Solar astronomy
- 11 Exploring the Solar System
- 12 Formation of planetary systems
- 13 Exploring starlight
- 14 Stellar evolution
- 15 Our place in the Galaxy
- 16 Cosmology
- OBS Observational skills
- A Unaided tasks
- B Aided tasks