JWST @ SXSW, part 2

• By Maggie Masetti
• March 9, 2013
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Despite posting my blog pretty late last night, there are still a few things I want to share with you from Friday at South by Southwest. The NASA tent was busy til 10:30 PM last night – and would have been still going til midnight if the weather had cooperated for the star party. We had lots of speakers and the full-scale model was lit up in a pretty amazing light show.

Pamela Gay made a gorgeous time-lapse of sunset, the Austin skyline, and the light show from the full-scale model:

My personal favorite image from the event is this one our NASA photographer Chris Gunn got at night. If you’re at SXSW do go up the hill behind the NASA tent to see the full-scale model and the skyline from this vantage point!

Credit: Chris Gunn

I took a few pictures from this vantage point myself, though they don’t live up to what Chris did!

Here’s a view of part of the NASA Experience Tent South by Southwest, especially the 30 foot Microsoft Visualization Wall, which is being use to show astronomical video and imagery, as well as tours of the WorldWide Telescope.

Credit: Chris Gunn

There’s also an infrared camera where you can learn about how infrared light (and astronomy) work. (You can read more about that in an entry I wrote for the Webb Signals blog.

Credit: Chris Gunn

Dan McCallister (education specialist at STScI), Sarah Hemenway, and Kelly Janes (teachers from Hutto Middle School), along with projects their middle school students did about the James Webb Space Telescope.

Credit: Frank Summers

Credit: Alex Evers

Some of our volunteers:

Credit: Alex Evers

Credit: Chris Gunn

Credit: Chris Gunn

Credit: Chris Gunn

Our own Nobel Laureate, John Mather spoke to a large crowd about JWST and also answered questions.

Credit: Chris Gunn

And lastly for today, here’s a student art project – JWST out of pasta!

Credit: Chris Gunn