JWST, The Origin of Beer, and Exoplanets - Astronomy on Tap - 11/08/2021

What will NASA's new flagship space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, reveal about planets around other stars and the astronomical origins of beer itself? Join us to learn these answers and more before JWST's upcoming launch. Timestamps below:

00:00 Start
00:03 Announcements
06:57 Introduction to Space Beer Talk
08:00 Space Beer Talk
27:02 Q&A on Space Beer Talk
37:43 Introduction to Direct Imaging of Exoplanets Talk
39:03 Direct Imaging of Exoplanets Talk
1:00:20 JWST Unfolding Timeline & Animation
1:07:23 Q&A on Direct Imaging of Exoplanets Talk
1:13:37 Pub Trivia Start
1:14:38 What is the cost of JWST?
1:19:36 Who was James Webb?
1:23:42 How much fainter are exoplanets than their host stars?
1:27:46 At what temperature will JWST operate?
1:30:26 What object is a cross between an asteroid and a comet?
1:34:24 What are JWST's mirrors composed of?
1:37:39 When will NASA's Artemis mission first launch to the Moon?
1:40:56 How far away will JWST be in orbit?
1:47:44 What did the astronomical decadal survey recommend?
1:54:32 What are the 4 most common elements in life on earth?
1:58:00 Concluding remarks

For more information about JWST, see: https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html

To see a film showing the proposed launch and unfolding of JWST, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ihVeEoUdo

Participants:

Dr. Colette Salyk is a professor at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, where she teaches classes about the solar system, extrasolar planets, and observational astronomy. She also helps run the campus observatory and performs research on the formation of planets, using both ground- and space-based telescopes (including the future JWST). Colette is bad at making up her mind about which hobbies to pursue, enjoying just about every outdoor sport, various crafts, and playing music.

Dr. Sasha Hinkley is a professor at the University of Exeter in the UK, and works on the direct imaging of exoplanets. Sasha has been one of the builders of some of the instruments that are used for exoplanets from the ground at Palomar Observatory, and most recently has been organizing the exoplanet direct imaging community to obtain some of the first images of exoplanets with JWST.

Dr. Cameron Hummels is a postdoctoral fellow in Theoretical Astrophysics at Caltech, using large supercomputers to simulate the formation and evolution of galaxies over the billions of years since the Big Bang. He organizes public education events at Caltech Astronomy, including the LA chapter of Astronomy on Tap. During the lockdown, he's been going on long trail runs in the mountains, improving his Russian language proficiency, and playing online chess. http://chummels.org

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