WelcomeWelcome toto thethe SpaceSpace TelescopeTelescope ScienceScience InstituteInstitute’’ss PublicPublic LectureLecture SeriesSeries zz YourYour host:host: MaxMax MutchlerMutchler zz LithographsLithographs onon tabletable z PleasePlease taketake oneone perper personperson TONIGHT TransNeptunianTransNeptunian BinariesBinaries andand CollisionCollision Families:Families: ProbesProbes ofof OurOur LocalLocal DustDust DiskDisk SusanSusan BenecchiBenecchi MayMay 5,5, 20092009 88 PMPM STScISTScI AuditoriumAuditorium UpcomingUpcoming TalksTalks zz JuneJune 2,2, 20092009 –– JasonJason TumlinsonTumlinson,, TheThe InvisibleInvisible Galaxy:Galaxy: NewNew ViewsViews ofof thethe MilkyMilky WayWay zz JulyJuly 7,7, 20092009 –– DouglasDouglas Long,Long, TheThe MysteryMystery ofof thethe ‘‘BeBe’’ StarsStars WebWeb SiteSite && WebcastWebcast • Google “hubble lecture” • http://hubblesite.org/go/talks • List of upcoming speakers • Link to current webcast • Links to previous webcasts Scientific Symposium May 4-7 Public Lecture May 8 at 7:00 PM at the Maryland Science Center: Dr. Steven Squyers (Cornell): Roving Mars Hubble Servicing Mission 4 Launch currently set for May 11, 2009 Two Space Shuttles sitting on the launch pad Hubble was deployed and is serviced by the Space Shuttle 1990 1993 1997 1999 2002 2009 5 days of spacewalking! Hubble mission milestones as chronicled by it’s workhorse: Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2, to be replaced with WFC3) “Top 10 reasons why the Hubble telescope isn’t working…” WFPC2 installed during servicing mission 1 in December 1993 WFPC2 from 1993-2001: The camera that made Hubble famous Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts Jupiter… and Hubble’s comeback story begins! WF2 camera Eagle Nebula Hubble’s quirky WFPC2 images become icons PC1 camera WF3 camera WF4 camera Hubble Deep Field Advanced Camera installed during servicing mission 3B in March 2002… …and failed in January 2007! WFPC2 from 2007-2009: Back to the future, and finishing strong! NGC 2440 in January 2007 First image taken after ACS failure NGC 2074 in the Tarantula Nebula Hubble’s 100,000th orbit in August 2008 Arp 147 “perfect 10” merging galaxies Hubble is “back in business” after failure in Oct 2008 Arp 194 merging galaxies Hubble’s 19th Anniversary on April 24, 2009 OurOur FeaturedFeatured SpeakerSpeaker SusanSusan BenecchiBenecchi TransNeptunianTransNeptunian BinariesBinaries andand CollisionCollision Families:Families: ProbesProbes ofof OurOur LocalLocal DustDust DiskDisk.