Mon, 18 Nov
|RMG Lecture Theatre
The James Webb Space Telescope: Observing the Edge of the Universe - FULLY BOOKED
by Professor Andy Bunker, Professor of Astrophysics at University of Oxford The James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day in 2021 and is now making spectacular observations of the Universe... THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED
Time & Location
18 Nov 2024, 19:15 – 21:00
RMG Lecture Theatre, Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF, UK
About the Event
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED
Synopsis: The James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day in 2021 and is now making spectacular observations of the Universe. I will describe my involvement on the instrument science team of the near-infrared spectrograph on Webb, including the discovery of the most distant objects known. We are using this instrument to find galaxies at immense distances, when the Universe was very young, and to measure the rate at which stars are being born in these galaxies. We are also searching for the first generations of stars to appear in the Universe.
Bio: Andy Bunker is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford. He did an undergraduate degree and PhD at Oxford, and postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, and Cambridge. Before returning to Oxford in 2008, he was Head of Astronomy at the Anglo Australian Observatory, based in Sydney.…