JWST Goddard Presentation

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1. Jessica Kenney Space Telescope Science Institute
2. Hubble Space Telescope!
3. Hubble ! Space! Telescope! (HST)!
4. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)! Observatory Mass: About 14,000 lbs (6,330 kg)!
5. Hubble 2.0
6. see the Universe’s first galaxies! JWST is the Centerpiece for US Astrophysics! determine how galaxies evolve! study the origins of life! uncover newborn stars and planets!
7. Location of James Webb Space Telescope! “Vostok Welcomes You”! South Pole! Coldest temperature! recorded on Earth:! -128.6°F! Libya! Hottest temperature! ever recorded on Earth:! 136.0 °F!
9. Austria! ! Belgium! ! Canada! ! ! Denmark! ! France! ! ! Spain! French Guyana! ! Germany! ! Ireland! ! ! The Netherlands! ! Italy! ! ! Sweden! 15 Countries are involved! Switzerland! United Kingdom! United States!
10. Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) •  ISIM is the heart of the JWST •  Engineers call it the main payload •  This unit will house the 4 main instruments
12. Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) •  Provided by the University of Arizona •  Webb’s primary imager that will cover the infrared wavelength range 0.6 to 0.5 microns
13. Near-infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) •  Provided by ESA, with components provided by NASA/ GSFC. •  Will operate over a wavelength range of 0.6 to 5 microns
14. Mid-infrared Instrument (MIRI) •  Provided by the European Consortium with ESA and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) •  MIRI covers the wavelength of 5 to 28 microns
15. Fine Guidance Sensor /Near Infrared Imager and Slitless (FGS/NIRISS) •  Provided by the Canadian Space Agency •  Allows Webb to point precisely, so that it can obtain high-quality images. •  Has a wavelength range of 0.8 to 5.0µm
16. What do you know about Infrared Light?! !
17. Predator, Dutch!
18. Health and Safety! Commercial Applications! Arts and Sciences! Real Life Applications!
19. Health and Safety! Commercial Applications! Arts and Sciences! Real Life Applications!
22. Search and Rescue! Courtesy of Raytheon Commercial Infrared ! Image depicts a simulation of a person at sea in need of rescue!
23. Health and Safety! Commercial Applications! Arts and Sciences! Real Life Applications!
24. Courtesy of Mitsubishi Electronics and Raytheon Commercial Infrared ! Left: Visible/infrared images (left/right) taken from the cockpit of an airplane preparing to land in a dense fog. ! ! Right: An infrared night-vision camera installed in an automobile warns ! the driver of a deer in the road at night. Navigation !
25. Health and Safety! Commercial Applications! Arts and Sciences! Real Life Applications!
26. Credit: Waikki Aquarium and copyright Snell Infrared! Animal Studies! Left image: seal and right image: turkey! Infrared photograph and video cameras are used for! population counts and to study animal behavior and movement ! in the dark without disturbing the creatures habitats.!
28. Astronomy ! Jet in Carina NebulaWFC3 UVIS/IR!
29. Jet in Carina NebulaWFC3 IR!
30. NASA, ESA, STScI, J.Hessle, P. Scowen (ASU)! Eagle! Nebula! In ! Visible! Light! ! April 1995!
31. Mark McCaughrean and Morten Anderson/ESO Eagle! Nebula! In ! Infrared! Light!
32. Eagle Nebula ! September 2014! WFC3!