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Star Party | Early Results from the James Webb Space Telescope

  • Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 5071 West Saanich Road Victoria, BC Canada (map)

Presentation:

James Webb Space Telescope: First Light

Speakers

Our local experts, led by Dr Madeline Marshall, will guide us through the first light images. Of course, it's all hush-hush now. The public release of Webb’s first images and spectra is July 12 – now less than two weeks away! The Webb team has confirmed that that 15 out of 17 instrument modes are ready for science, with just two more still to go.

Also, See the images revealed in real-time and hear from experts about the exciting results on NASA TV at 7:30am Pacific on July 12:

You'll also be able to download the images yourself from NASA

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