On Friday 22 July, from 10 p.m., the results of the James Webb Space Telescope will be presented in Piazza dei Miracoli.
In a memorable night, organised by the Physics Department of the University of Pisa in collaboration with the European Space Agency and the Opera della Primaziale Pisana, it will be possible to look at images of the universe as never seen before.

On the walls of the Monumental Cemetery will be the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the most advanced and technically complex space telescope ever built, capable of studying wavelengths in the infrared band. The projection will be accompanied by explanatory presentations of the research in progress, an ideal link between the vision of the future that the telescope opens up and the studies of Fibonacci and Galileo.

The crowd in Piazza dei Miracoli will start at 10 p.m., and a quarter of an hour later there will be introductory and welcome speeches by the Archbishop of Pisa, Giovanni Paolo Benotto, and representatives of the Physics Department. The projection will take place from 10.30 p.m. to 11.15 p.m., followed by the viewing of deep-sky objects until half past midnight, in collaboration with the Associazione Cascinese Astrofili. The event, which is one of the first public international outings planned to disseminate the results of the space telescope, will take place completely in the dark so as to allow telescopic viewing on site.

The telescope is designed to observe objects that emit infrared radiation, invisible to the human eye: stars still immersed in interstellar clouds and planetary systems born in discs around protostars. Thanks to the new telescope, it will also be possible to detect the light emitted by the most distant galaxies in the universe.

Admission to the event is free of charge and no booking is required. Presentations will be in Italian and English.

Info and contacts
Steven Neil Shore steven.neil.shore@unipi.it
Maria Luisa Chiofalo marilu.chiofalo@unipi.it