From staff reports
The Oil Region Astronomical Society will hold a virtual program at 7 p.m. Saturday featuring Kelly Lepo, who will talk about NASA’s new James Webb space telescope that was launched in December.
The program is open to the public and there is no fee to participate. Those who wish to participate should register in advance and may do so by visiting www.surveymonkey.com/r/OrasPublic.
A link to attend the program will be emailed to registrants.
Lepo will discuss what people should expect in advance of the telescope’s first science images this summer.
She received a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of Toronto.
During her time in Canada, she made numerous local and national media appearances to talk about everything from the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse to the Super Blue Blood Moon.
She previously served as coordinator of the McGill Space Institute, taught physics at Gonzaga University, and helped build the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
