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SUMMARY:Astrophysics Colloquium:  George Sonneborn\, Lab. for Observation
 al Cosmology\, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:  "Imaging and Spectro
 scopy with the James Webb Space Telescope"
CREATED:20090831T130000Z
DESCRIPTION:The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large\, infrared-o
 ptimized telescope scheduled for launch in 2014. JWST is designed to fin
 d the first stars and galaxies that formed in the early universe\, conne
 cting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way galaxy. JWST will peer through d
 usty clouds to see stars forming planetary systems\, connecting the Milk
 y Way to our own Solar System. JWST's instruments will work primarily in
  the infrared range of 1 - 28 microns\, with some capability in the visi
 ble range.  JWST will have a large mirror\, 6.5 meters in diameter\, and
  will be diffraction-limited at 2 microns (0.1 arcsec resolution).  JWST
  will be placed in an L2 orbit about 1.5 million km from the Earth.  The
  instruments will provide imaging\, coronography\, and multi-object and 
 integral-field spectroscopy across the full 1 - 28 micron wavelength ran
 ge.  The breakthrough capabilities of JWST will enable new studies of st
 ar formation and evolution in the Milky Way\, nearby galaxies\, and the 
  early universe.
LAST-MODIFIED:20091029T130000Z
LOCATION:134 Astronomy
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
CONTACT:You-Hua Chu 333-5535
ORGANIZER:yhchu@astro.illinois.edu
URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1968?key=2000010120000101136568
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