Interested in space exploration? Looking for your own star? On Sunday, September 18 at 4:00pm at Wareen Library, Bill Jefferys , Emeritus Professor in Astronomy at U. Texas who was the team leader for one of the Hubble Telescope science teams will talk about the history of the Hubble Telescope with special attention to the problems with the mirror, how it was fixed, and the science that has resulted from the telescope in the 25 years since launch.

Bill will talk about how a small group of scientists at the University of Texas were selected by NASA as the core of the Astrometry Science Team for the Hubble Space Telescope, and what the Astrometry Team did prior to launch to make their science projects possible with the telescope. He will then talk about the disaster that was discovered after launch, when the main mirror of the telescope was found to be defective, and the detective work that the project conducted to find out what went wrong and why.

Jan 30, 2025, 1:30 to 3 PM

Jan 30, 2025, 6 to 9 PM

Feb 4, 2025, 6:30 to 7:30 PM