SEMO is celebrating Space Week November 8-12 with a week of astronomy events to honor the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
SEMO has joined almost 500 sites across the country to celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s next great space science observatory.
The observatory will provide a new view of the cosmos and push the field of astronomy into a new era. The telescope will observe the universe in the infrared, peering inside dust clouds to study light from distant parts of the universe for the very first time – the first galaxies that formed about 13.5 billion years ago – and give us insight into how our universe formed. It will also explore distant worlds in other solar systems, as well as objects in our own solar system. Webb will extend the scientific discoveries of other NASA missions like the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.
James Webb Space Telescope
Webb is the largest and most complex space science telescope ever built – the premier observatory of the next decade. This international mission, led by NASA in partnership with the European and Canadian space agencies, will launch in December 2021.
Schedule of Events
Monday, November 4, 2024
Lecture: Researching Light Pollution on the SEMO Campus, Brianna Mills
- Location: Rhodes Hall 121
- Time: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Lecture: Reflections on the Eclipse, CATE-017 Crew
- Location: Rhodes Hall 121
- Time: 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Lecture: Spaceweek Trivia hosted by the SEMO Astronomy Club
- Location: Rhodes Hall 121
- Time: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday, November 8, 2024
Lecture: Grand Opening of the SEMO Observatory
- Location: Open House at the Observatory
- Time: 5 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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