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Webb’s First Look at the Universe

January 6, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's latest flagship space observatory, released its first spectacular color images in July 2022. In this presentation, Dr. Kelly Lepo will give an update on Webb’s latest discoveries. She will also discuss infrared astronomy, the big questions that Webb is helping to answer, and what to expect in the rest of Webb’s first year of science.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Lepo is an Education and Outreach Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, where she works to support outreach efforts for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. She has a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Toronto. She has made numerous local and national media appearances to talk about everything from the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse to the Super Blue Blood Moon. She has also served as the Coordinator of the McGill Space Institute, taught physics at Gonzaga University, and helped build the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.

Details

Date:
January 6, 2023
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Website:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtceChrDMjHdG9aXs0sKoSj4CwCW18BSiz

Venue

Zoom

Organizer

Kalamazoo Astronomical Society
Email
kas@kasonline.org