The James Webb Space Telescope + Star Gazing Party!

Come out to the Willard Clock House & Museum for this event hosted by the Grafton Public Library!  The non-technical talk on the JWST will be immediately followed afterward by a Summertime “star party” with the Aldrich Astronomical Society! This non-technical presentation and event is appropriate for all ages.

In 2021, humanity successfully initiated the most ambitious, complicated, and expensive telescope ever conceived and began a new era of discovery unlike any before it. The James Webb Space Telescope (or JWST) has begun returning images to us that stretch the limits of our understanding – so what exactly has this incredible scientific instrument really begun showing us? And how is it fundamentally different from earlier space telescope missions? Join NASA Solar System Ambassador M.J. Johnson as he retraces what it took scientists to get to this point, provides context for just what we’re learning as the JWST looks toward the very beginning of our universe, and pulls the veil back on events in our cosmos to which we’ve never before had access.

After the talk, members of the Aldrich Astronomical Society will be available to help navigate the starry night (weather permitting) to share views of the heavens through their telescopes!

We wish to thank Celestron for its generous donation of new telescopes for the Grafton Public Library’s expanded telescope loaner pool.

Schedule of events is as follows:
7:00pm – Event open to public, tabletop displays, Q&A
7:30pm – Presentation on the James Webb Space Telescope
8:30pm – Presentation Q&A
8:45pm – Transition from presentation to outdoor stargazing

Registration is required. All ages.

Location: Willard House & Clock Museum, 11 Willard St., North Grafton

Register at tinyurl.com/3ehraj68.