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IR STIG Seminar

Infrared Science and Technology Integration Group

DATE

May 6, 2024

TIME

3:00 pm EST

COMMUNITY

IR STIG

TYPE

Seminar

My Life (and a Bit More) in Infrared Astronomy

George Rieke (University of Arizona)

I will describe how infrared astronomy grew (or sometimes did not grow) from Co-blentz's first observations in 1915 to JWST, throwing in some anecdotes that will be new to everyone. The culmination of this story is, of course, JWST and I will describe the steps leading to the development of the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and then show some results, concentrating on recent breakthroughs in extragalactic astronomy.

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