St. Louis Astronomical Society Meeting: Unveiling the Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope
Dr. Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette will be featured at the October meeting of the Saint Louis Astronomical Society. The meeting will be in McDonnell Hall, Room 162, Washington University in St. Louis, and via Zoom.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the successor to the still-active Hubble Space Telescope. JWST is the largest telescope ever sent to space. It “sees” the infra-red Universe, which is invisible to us, but which we can sense as heat. This view gives it the capacity to see farther into our Universe, peer through the cosmic dust sprinkled throughout galaxies, and probe new alien worlds. JWST is an international collaboration among NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency. The first images released offer a preview of some of its future discoveries.
Nathalie Ouellette is an astrophysicist and science communicator. She obtained her PhD in Physics and Astronomy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 2016. Her research focuses on galaxy formation and evolution, particularly of galaxies found in clusters. Dr. Ouellette is currently the Deputy Director of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) and the Mont-Mégantic Observatory at the University of Montréal. She is also the Outreach Scientist for JWST in Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency. She participates in science outreach events, from local to international scales, to encourage interest in space science and to increase scientific literacy in Canada.
The St. Louis Astronomical Society is an organization for individuals interested in astronomy and telescopes. The public is invited to attend its meetings, telescope observing sessions, and special events. For more information about Astronomical Society events, please visit www.slasonline.org or call 314-962-9231. The event, cosponsored by NASA's Missouri Space Grant Consortium at Washington University, is open to the public free of charge.
McDonnell Hall is on the south side of the Danforth Campus, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis 63130. The closest parking is street parking on Forsyth Boulevard or the East End Garage. Parking is free for entry after 5:00 pm in yellow or visitor parking spaces only. If you prefer to attend virtually, non-members of SLAS may request the Zoom link here: