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

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5 Visible Light Astronomy

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7 Tycho Brahe 1546-1601

8 Galileo 1609 – First use of telescope for astronomy

9 Galileo 1610 Siderius Nuncius

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11 Bends at each interface!

12 Yerkes 40 inch 1895 60 feet long

13 Isaac Newton 1668 reflecting telescope

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15 Herschel 7 foot 1780s 6.2 inch mirror

16 Leviathan 1845 72 inch mirror 54 feet long

17 Mount Palomar 1948 200 inch mirror

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

23 GroundHubble (with flaw) Resolution

24 GroundHubble (with flaw) Resolution

25 Light Gathering 1 minute

26 Light Gathering 5 minutes

27 Light Gathering 30 minutes

28 Light Gathering 45 minutes

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48 The Electromagnetic Spectrum

49 Demo 1 A New Way to View Things

50 Automotive Repair and Maintenance

51 Medical Thermography

52 Veterinarian

53 Home Energy Audit

54 Energy Audits – Safety and Maintenance

55 Electrical Substation – Predictive Maintenance

56 Fire Detection + Hot Spots

57 What is this?

58 A Cold-Blooded Snake

59 Astronomy Across the Spectrum

60 The Electromagnetic Spectrum

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64 Hubble Space Telescope Spitzer Space Telescope Chandra X-ray Observatory

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78 100 μm10 μm 1 μm HST Spitzer JWST HUBBLE SPITZER JWST Wavelength Coverage

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81 Demo 2 Hot and Cold

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

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

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

85 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

86 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

87 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

88 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

89 JWST Science 1

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

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93 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

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109 Demo 3 Looking Into the Darkness

110 What is this? Infrared Camera

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112 What is this? Ice on a plate in visible light

113 Ice on a plate in infrared light

114 Cold or hot?

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116 Is the blow dryer on or off?

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118 Floor in the visible

119 Floor in Infrared

120 What is underneath the bag?

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