Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people

— Carl Sagan

February Meeting: James Webb Space Telescope

By Kevin at Mon, 01/10/2022 - 6:04pm
Event Date: 
Tue, 02/08/2022 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm

JWSTMonthly meeting of the North Jersey Astronomical Group. Details below. Our meetings are being held virtually on Zoom until further notice. Free; registration required.

 

February NJAG Meeting: The James Webb Space Telescope
NOTE NEW DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, February 8 at 7:30 pm

Reaching for the Edge: an update on the James Webb Space Telescope

The February meeting of the North Jersey Astronomical Group (NJAG) will feature NJAG President Kevin Conod who will talk about NASA's new space telescope. Successfully launched in December 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest ever flown in space. Using this amazing instrument astronomers will explore everything from star formation and exoplanets to cosmology and the most distance objects in the Universe!

This is a free online Zoom meeting, please register in advance here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrduGgqDgiHNJ15kGSZjNOys4tleTHQzS2