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News from Hubble and Across the Universe! February 2014

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It’s time once again for +Tony Darnell and Dr. +Frank Summers to get you caught up with the latest happenings from around the universe and from the #Hubble Space Telescope.

We missed January because of the AAS meeting, but now that’s over and there’s lots of really cool stuff to catch up on.  We hope you can make it, but if not, you can always watch it later on our YouTube Channel.

Please leave your question or comments for us as well and we will discuss them during the hangout.  See you there!

Frontier Fields at AAS 224

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At this year’s 224th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, lead investigator for Frontier Fields, Dr. Jennifer Lotz chats with Tony Darnell and Alberto Conti about the latest observations of galaxy cluster Abell 2744

Behind the Webb: 100 Points of Light (Episode 22)

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The Webb Telescope’s Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument will be used to study star formation and the chemical composition of young, distant galaxies. The instrument breaks near-infrared light into its components for closer examination and analysis. But what makes NIRSpec even more special is its ‘multi-object’ capability which enables it to look at as many as 100 objects at the same time.

“Behind the Webb” is an ongoing series that follows the construction of the Webb Space Telescope, Hubble’s successor. Find more episodes at Hubblesite.org.

“Behind the Webb” archive:
http://webbtelescope.org/webb_telescope/behind_the_webb/archive/

iPhone 5S International Giveaway 2014!

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I am giving away (2x) iPhone 5S’s 16GB for the month of February! Winners will be announced on March 1st 2014 on my social networks.
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Tonight’s Sky: February 2014

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Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” In February, Orion is your guide to a number of fascinating objects.

“Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes — and other astronomy videos — at HubbleSite.org.

Visit Tonight’s Sky on HubbleSite.
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky

Disk Detective: Finding the Birthplace of Planets

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Scientists are combing the galaxy looking for stars that could be harboring planet-forming disks. They need your help to explain this puzzling part of stellar evolution!

Using data from the NASA WISE spacecraft, Disk Detectives is a citizen science initiative designed to get the public involved in helping identify stars that could have debris disks around them. These disks suggest that these stars are in the early stages of forming planetary systems.

Please join +Tony Darnell and +Alberto Conti as they discuss this exciting new +The Zooniverse project with the science team that developed it!

The site was released yesterday, here is the link: http://diskdetective.org