Discussion Post #1: Space Telescope Live

Tasks

Your assignment for this discussion post is to visit Space Telescope Live, a live feed of who is observing right now with both Hubble and James Webb. You will post a short summary of what’s being observed, how long they’ve been observing for (sometimes you can catch observations that just started!), and what the approved observation project is. You will then reply to another student’s post about their observation.

1) Visit https://spacetelescopelive.org/Links to an external site. Select either ‘What is Hubble Observing Right Now?’ or ‘What is Webb Observing Right Now?’ For the one you chose, please review the Target (what object is being observed), Target Category, and Research Program. Then, click on ‘Observation Details’ in the upper right corner. Note the duration time (how long the camera has been exposing for), the Science Topics, and name of the Principal Investigator.

2) Write a brief summary (~4 sentences) of all aspects of the observation you recorded above. Additionally, the Space Telescope Live site will show you a small window of the portion of the sky that the telescope is currently observing. Include in your post anything interesting you can see in the window. Lastly, does anything about your observation connect to in-class material? If so, what? (It’s ok if it doesn’t, just note that it doesn’t).