Join us as University of Iowa professor David Nataf discusses "James Webb Space Telescope: History, Prospects, and Successes." The presentation begins at 8:30 PM on June 14, 2025.
The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, is currently humanity’s most powerful telescope, by virtue of its large mirror, its excellent location in space, and its outstanding instruments. As it is also among our most expensive scientific instruments, a lot is vested into its development and it is worth exploring its performance. In this talk, Nataf will describe the history of James Webb, how it was developed, and some of its early scientific successes in the areas of exoplanets, the cosmological distance ladder, and the formation and evolution of the Universe.
Weather permitting, following the discussion, CAA members will be operating some of our research grade telescopes to give guests a peek at the wonders of our skies.
This public event is free and in person or on Zoom. See our website for more information cedar-astronomers.org/events
