Weekly Space Hangout - Jan 3, 2018: Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe of the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey

By Fraser Cain - January 3, 2018 at 1:37 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Special Guest:

Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe is an Assistant Professor of Physics at

Rochester Institute of Technology

, and is the Deputy Director of the

Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics

. She is also a leading member of the

Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey

team that has been selected as part of the

James Webb Space Telescope Director's Discretionary Early Release Science Program

. It is one of 13 science teams that will use the $8 billion telescope first, conducting experiments during its initial cycle and testing the instruments' capabilities.

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