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JWST from Below: an overview of the construction of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and discussion of current status
Dr. Raymond Ohl
Date: Wednesday 12 April 2023 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Online
Abstract:
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a 6.6m diameter, segmented telescope for cryogenic, infrared astronomy that was launched in December 2021. In addition to other objectives, JWST will provide the first observations of the earliest, luminous objects in the Universe and characterize exoplanets. In this qualitative talk for students, we discuss the mission and aspects of its construction and ground testing, focusing on interesting challenges in applied optics.
Speaker Bio:
Raymond Ohl, PhD is an optical engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). He serves as the Branch Head for the Optics Branch at GSFC. He worked on the James Webb Space Telescope project in various roles for about 20 years and has supported other NASA projects since the mid-1990s.
Meeting Link:
Microsoft Teams
| Arranged by: | Queen Mary University of London |
| Contact: | Stoyan Kostadinov Smoukov |
| Email: | s.smoukov@qmul.ac.uk |
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