Thu, Jan 12, 7PM, CST, Zoom
Featured Speaker: Richard Heuermann, NASA Solar System Ambassador; Board member, St. Louis Astronomical Society; retired Administrative Officer, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, and Outreach Program Coordinator, NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium, Washington University in Saint Louis
Join us for a kaleidoscopic sampling of telescopic images of our universe from space and earth.
Your journey starts with images from two space telescopes, Hubble and James Webb. Hubble, far away, and at its closest, is over 200 miles from Earth's surface, straight up. Very far away and almost a million miles straight out, is the Webb Space Telescope. We return to Earth for a look at the telescope very near—once you carry it outside, that would be the telescope in your back yard. If you are an adult with a library card, you can borrow a telescope from your local St. Louis area library. We'll see how to operate the Library Telescope and view some objects that you’ll be able to find for yourself in a clear night sky. The Library Telescope Program is co-sponsored by the Saint Louis Astronomical Society and local libraries.
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