More Than Meets the Eye: Exploring the Universe Beyond Visible Light.

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More Than Meets the Eye: Exploring the Universe Beyond Visible Light

Visible Light Astronomy

Tycho Brahe

Galileo 1609 – First use of telescope for astronomy

Galileo 1610 Siderius Nuncius

Bends at each interface!

Yerkes 40 inch feet long

Isaac Newton 1668 reflecting telescope

Herschel 7 foot 1780s 6.2 inch mirror

Leviathan inch mirror 54 feet long

Mount Palomar inch mirror

Telescope Qualities Resolution – See small things Light Gathering – See faint things

GroundHubble (with flaw) Resolution

GroundHubble (with flaw) Resolution

Light Gathering 1 minute

Light Gathering 5 minutes

Light Gathering 30 minutes

Light Gathering 45 minutes

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Demo 1 A New Way to View Things

Automotive Repair and Maintenance

Medical Thermography

Veterinarian

Home Energy Audit

Energy Audits – Safety and Maintenance

Electrical Substation – Predictive Maintenance

Fire Detection + Hot Spots

What is this?

A Cold-Blooded Snake

Astronomy Across the Spectrum

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Hubble Space Telescope Spitzer Space Telescope Chandra X-ray Observatory

Chandra Hubble Spitzer Compton

100 μm10 μm 1 μm HST Spitzer JWST HUBBLE SPITZER JWST Wavelength Coverage

Demo 2 Hot and Cold

Hot & Cold is Relative Ice32 F0 C273 K Boiling Water212 F100 C373 K

Hot & Cold is Relative Ice32 F0 C273 K Boiling Water212 F100 C373 K Yellow Star (Sun)6000 K

Hot & Cold is Relative Ice32 F0 C273 K Boiling Water212 F100 C373 K Red Star3000 K Yellow Star (Sun)6000 K

Hot & Cold is Relative Ice32 F0 C273 K Boiling Water212 F100 C373 K Red Star3000 K Yellow Star (Sun)6000 K Blue Star50,000 K

Hot & Cold is Relative Ice32 F0 C273 K Boiling Water212 F100 C373 K Red Star3000 K Yellow Star (Sun)6000 K Blue Star50,000 K Intra-cluster Gas1,000,000 K

Hot & Cold is Relative Interstellar Gas100 K Ice32 F0 C273 K Boiling Water212 F100 C373 K Red Star3000 K Yellow Star (Sun)6000 K Blue Star50,000 K Intra-cluster Gas1,000,000 K

Hot & Cold is Relative Star-forming Cloud10 K Interstellar Gas100 K Ice32 F0 C273 K Boiling Water212 F100 C373 K Red Star3000 K Yellow Star (Sun)6000 K Blue Star50,000 K Intra-cluster Gas1,000,000 K

JWST Science 1

L2 JWST Orbits the 2 nd Lagrange Point (L2) 1.5 million km 384,000km EarthMoon

First Light (After the Big Bang) Assembly of Galaxies Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary Systems Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life “ Webb ’ s true value will be known only after it reaches its place among the stars ” JWST Science Goals

Demo 3 Looking Into the Darkness

What is this? Infrared Camera

What is this? Ice on a plate in visible light

Ice on a plate in infrared light

Cold or hot?

Is the blow dryer on or off?

Floor in the visible

Floor in Infrared

What is underneath the bag?

JWST Science 2

Mystic mountain