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Seeing the First LightThe James Webb Space Telescope
Amber N. StraughnLead Scientist for JWST E/PO
Paul GeithnerJWST Observatory Manager
jwst.nasa.gov
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(JWST ‘Movie Trailer’ at jwst.nasa.gov/videos_general_3.html)
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The Webb Telescope…why?
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The Webb Telescope…why?BIG questions need a BIG telescope!
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The Webb Telescope…why?BIG questions need a BIG telescope!
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James Webb Space Telescope• Named for 2nd NASA Administrator• 6.6m Telescope• Launch in 2014 to L2• Successor to Hubble & Spitzer• 4 instruments - infrared• Complementary to future planned
ground-based telescope
• NASA + ESA + CSA: 15 countries• Lead: Goddard Space Flight Center• Prime: Northrop Grumman Space
Technology• Operations: STScI• Senior Project Scientist: Nobel
Laureate John Mather
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What is “first light”?
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Four Science Themes for the Webb telescope
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Hubble Ultra Deep Field
…. to identify the first bright objects that formed in the early Universe, and follow the ionization history.
The End of the Dark Ages:The End of the Dark Ages:First Light and ReionizationFirst Light and Reionization
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What’s wavelength got to do with it?
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(JWST Science visualizations to be released Oct. 2010)
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NGC 4676 (The Mice) by HST
… to determine how galaxies and dark matter, including gas, stars, metals, physical structures (like spiral arms) and active nuclei evolved to the present day.
The Assembly of GalaxiesThe Assembly of Galaxies
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(JWST Science visualizations to be released Oct. 2010)
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The Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary SystemsThe Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary Systems
David Hardy
… to unravel the birth and early development of stars and the formation of planets.
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The Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary Systems
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(JWST Science visualizations to be released Oct. 2010)
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Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life
Robert Hurt
… to determine the physical and chemical properties of solar systems (including our own) and where the building blocks of life may be present.
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We will answer these BIG science questions with the new James Webb Space Telescope…
but…
• How do we build it (hint: it’s already being built!)?• How do we launch it?• What’s it made of?• Where in space is it going?
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