In this ongoing class, we will discuss the greatest findings in observational astronomy from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from the years 2022 and 2023! JWST was made by NASA (in collaboration with ESA and CSA) and cost the U.S. taxpayers a total of $10,000,000,000! The goal of this class is to understand the discoveries that are being made by JWST, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. No prerequisites are required for this class.   

2022 topics
Week of August 21: SMACS 0723 & Wasp-96b <----- Tuesday Section
Week of August 28: Southern Ring Nebula & Stephan's Quintet
Week of September 4: Carina Nebula
Week of September 11: The Cartwheel Galaxy & The Phantom Galaxy
Week of September 18: Einstein Ring & WR 140 
Week of September 25: Tarantula Nebula & Exoplanet HIP 65426 b 
Week of October 2: Jupiter & Wasp-39b 
Week of October 16: 312 MP image & Earendel 
Week of October 30: Neptune & The Inner Orion Nebula
Week of November 6: SDSS J165202.64+172852.3 (an active quasar) & NGC 7496
Week of November 13: The Pillars of Creation 
Week of November 20: MACS0647 & VV191
Week of November 27: IC 5332 & the double asteroid redirection test
Week of December 4: Protostar L1527 & WLM dwarf galaxy
Week of December 11: NGC 7469 & El Gordo galaxy cluster 


2023 topics
Week of January 1: Pandora's Cluster & El Anzuelo galaxy
Week of January 8: Abell 2744 & carbon stars in LMC
Week of January 15: NGC 1566 & North Ecliptic Pole Time Domain Field  
Week of January 22: JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES)
Week of January 29: Titan & new Southern Ring Nebula images and details  <----- Thursday Section
Week of February 5: Mars & new image of Carina Nebula Jets
Week of February 12: NGC 346 & Exoplanet LHS 475 b 
Week of February 19: EGS galaxies & AU Microscopii 
Week of February 26: Chamaeleon I & new image of NGC 7496 
Week of March 5: Centaur 10199 Chariklo & NGC 1433 
Week of March 12: NGC 1365 & more Wasp-39 b data
Week of March 19: LEDA 2046648 & STP0418
Week of March 26: RX J2129 & CGG-z5 
Week of April 2: Globular Cluster M92 & new supernova in NGC 1566 
Week of April 9: Cosmic Seahorse & exoplanet TRAPPIST-1b 
Week of April 16: COSMOS-Web & exoplanet VHS 1256b
Week of April 23: WR 124 & Uranus
Week of April 30: Cassiopeia A 
Week of May 7: Arp 220 & GW Lup
Week of May 14: Galaxy protocluster & J160532
Week of May 21: Fomalhaut 
Week of May 28: Comet 238P 
Week of June 4: Enceladus 
Week of June 11: Exoplanet GJ 486b & GN20 
Week of June 18: NGC 5068 
Week of June 25: Epoch of Reionization & Quasar J0100+2802 
Week of July 2: New JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey release & Wasp-18b 
Week of July 9: New Orion Bar & TRAPPIST-1c
Week of July 16: ASPIRE Cosmic Filament & Saturn 
Week of July 23: Fireworks Galaxy Supernova & Active Supermassive Black Holes 
Week of July 30: CEERS Survey 
Week of August 6: Rho Ophiuchi & NGC 3256
Week of August 13: The Ring Nebula (M57) & NGC 6822 
Week of August 20: Ganymede and Io 
Week of August 27: New El Gordo Image & The Sunrise Arc
Week of September 3: Herbig-Haro 46/47 & PDS 70 
Week of September 17: Supernova 1987A & Whirlpool Galaxy 
Week of September 24: K2-18 b & NGC 5584
Week of October 1: Herbig-Haro 211 & Europa
Week of October 8: NGC6946-BH1 & wide field of Orion Nebula
Week of October 15: NGC 346 & Exoplanet Wasp-17b 
Week of October 22: Jupiter & Saturn & Kuiper belt objects
Week of October 29: Kilonova & WD 0145+234 
Week of November 5: Crab Nebula & M83
Week of November 12: MACS 0416 & SZ Cha
Week of November 19: Sagittarius C & UNCOVER z12 and z13 
Week of November 26: Herbig-Haro 797 & GK Tau & CI Tau
Week of December 3:  Wasp-80 b & XUE 1
Week of December 10: Cass A NIRcam
Week of December 17: IC 348 & Uranus
Week of December 31: MACS J0138

The class primarily consists of covering the JWST image(s) and any interesting accompanying data. I encourage students to ask questions! We may also look back at some of the other images JWST has taken based on student interest as time allows. If a class section consists of all new learners, then we will start with the first JWST images and progress sequentially through the observations ("<----- ______ Section" denotes which topics are being taught for each class section this week). If you sign up for a section with all new learners, I will also take requests (prior to the start of class) for where you would like to start in the sequence of JWST images! 

Note: If you would like to learn about the latest images, then please check out my other offering "Latest Discoveries in Astronomy From the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)!"