RSAA Colloquia / Seminars / Feast-of-Facts: Thursday, 13 June 2024, 11:00-12:30; ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
James Beletic
"The James Webb Space Telescope: Humanknd's greatest space science facility"
| This talk presents the scientific motivation of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), technical challenges and solutions, space orbit, observing cadence, and the infrared focal plane arrays that are the "eyes" of the observatory. Technical performance and scientific images will be presented. |