James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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Now, We can Finally Compare Webb to Other Infrared Observatories

2 May Nancy Atkinson

The images were released following the completion of the long process to fully focus the telescope’s mirror segments. Engineers are saying JWST’s optical performance is “better than the most optimistic predictions,” and astronomers are beside themselves with excitement.

“It hasn’t broken the laws of physics, but does lie at the very best end of possibilities thanks to the extraordinary efforts of many over decades,” said Mark McCaughrean, the European Space Agency’s Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration and part of JWST’s Science Working Group, on Twitter.

https://www.universetoday.com/155686/now-we-can-finally-compare-webb-to-other-infrared-observatories/

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Breaking News: Astronomers captured the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy, using the powerful Event Horizon Telescope.

https://nyti.ms/3MbXsux

I see a doughnut @NewWorldExplorer

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11 hours ago, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

Breaking News: Astronomers captured the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy, using the powerful Event Horizon Telescope.

https://nyti.ms/3MbXsux

I see a doughnut @NewWorldExplorer

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I heard that James might just improve this image of our galaxy's black hole in view of being closer to us, unlike the photo of the first black hole captured months ago.

Now thinking about it, the black hole of our galaxy seems pretty lazy to me lol

Jehovah put him there for only maintenance of our solar system and life around here

It seems that the other black holes scattered throughout the cosmos are always interacting a lot, are always moving, always causing fear and terror...

But ours around here is pretty quiet lol

I think the donut goes well 

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How to take a picture of a black hole.

https://fb.watch/c_MfmJpM75/

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Edited May 14, 2022 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

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Astronomers Discover Mysterious Circular Ring – Likely of Intergalactic Origin
By Western Sydney University
May 16, 2022

Western Sydney University researchers, together with an international team of experts, have discovered a mysterious circular ring near our neighboring galaxy that could be the first known case of an intergalactic Supernova Remnant – remains of an exploded star that could be up to 7,000 years old.

Dubbed a ‘rogue’ Supernova Remnant by the scientists and named J0624–6948, it is most likely located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) – a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way – and its position suggests a previously unobserved origin.

https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-discover-mysterious-circular-ring-likely-of-intergalactic-origin/


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3 hours ago, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

Astronomers Discover Mysterious Circular Ring – Likely of Intergalactic Origin
By Western Sydney University
May 16, 2022

Western Sydney University researchers, together with an international team of experts, have discovered a mysterious circular ring near our neighboring galaxy that could be the first known case of an intergalactic Supernova Remnant – remains of an exploded star that could be up to 7,000 years old.

Dubbed a ‘rogue’ Supernova Remnant by the scientists and named J0624–6948, it is most likely located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) – a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way – and its position suggests a previously unobserved origin.

https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-discover-mysterious-circular-ring-likely-of-intergalactic-origin/


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It looks like a hula hoop.

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Many abodes.....  Who will not really fear you.....  All named and not missing....

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Hubble Space Telescope data suggests ‘something weird’ is going on with our universe: NASA
Jhanvi MehtaliaMay 20, 2022

In recent years, astronomers have been using telescopes like Hubble to figure out how fast our universe is expanding.

However, as those measurements have become more exact, they have shown something odd. When comparing data from right after the Big Bang to the rate of growth of the universe as it is around us, there is a significant disparity...


According to astronomers, it should be about 67.5 kilometers per second per megaparsec, give or take 0.5 – but observations show it is around 73.

It shows that the evolution and expansion of the universe are more complicated than we previously thought. There is still more to understand about how the universe is changing.

The new James Webb Space Telescope recently launched into space is likely to send back its first observations soon. Then, scientists want to probe deeper into that problem. They should be able to view new mileposts that are even further away and in higher resolution as a result of this.


https://www.breezyscroll.com/space/hubble-space-telescope-data-suggests-something-weird-is-going-on-with-our-universe/


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Many abodes.....  Who will not really fear you.....  All named and not missing....

According to Hubble, there is an expansion going on...

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1 hour ago, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

Hubble Space Telescope data suggests ‘something weird’ is going on with our universe: NASA
Jhanvi MehtaliaMay 20, 2022

In recent years, astronomers have been using telescopes like Hubble to figure out how fast our universe is expanding.

However, as those measurements have become more exact, they have shown something odd. When comparing data from right after the Big Bang to the rate of growth of the universe as it is around us, there is a significant disparity...


According to astronomers, it should be about 67.5 kilometers per second per megaparsec, give or take 0.5 – but observations show it is around 73.

It shows that the evolution and expansion of the universe are more complicated than we previously thought. There is still more to understand about how the universe is changing.

The new James Webb Space Telescope recently launched into space is likely to send back its first observations soon. Then, scientists want to probe deeper into that problem. They should be able to view new mileposts that are even further away and in higher resolution as a result of this.


https://www.breezyscroll.com/space/hubble-space-telescope-data-suggests-something-weird-is-going-on-with-our-universe/


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If they read Genesis 1:1, then they would know who is behind this. The word complication is not a word they like because it is easy to accept the big big as they know it. 

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https://scitechdaily.com/spanish-dancer-galaxy-twirls-into-view-dark-energy-camera-captures-celestial-phenomena/

Spanish Dancer Galaxy Twirls Into View – Dark Energy Camera Captures Celestial Phenomena

By ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY

Located in the constellation Dorado and lying around 70 million light-years away, NGC 1566 is a grand-design spiral galaxy with two arms that appear to wind around the galactic core, just like the arms of a dancer as they spin around and around in a furious twirl. This image was taken from Chile at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, using the Dark Energy Camera. The galaxy’s face-on view to us, its location, and its composition make it a trove of observational opportunities for astronomers across many fields of astronomy.
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The galaxy pictured here continues to intrigue astronomers. NGC 1566 and eighteen other nearby galaxies will be observed in infrared light with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by Gemini Observatory’s Chief Scientist, NOIRLab astronomer Janice Lee, as part of the PHANGS project. This project will make observations of galaxies that can be seen face-on from Earth, and will take advantage of JWST’s ability to see through gas and dust to investigate stars in their earliest stages of formation.

[This article has a link to a nice YouTube clip if you are interested]

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Here is an another article https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/world/hubble-universe-expansion-rate-scn/index.html

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Hubble Captures a Peculiar Pair

20 May 2022

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of IC 4271, also known as Arp 40, is a curious pair of spiral galaxies some 800 million light-years away. The smaller galaxy is superimposed on the larger one, which is a type of active galaxy called a Seyfert galaxy.


https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-captures-a-peculiar-pair



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July 12, 2022 should be the first day when pictures come out. 

First Images From NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Coming Soon

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on July 12, 2022. As the largest and most complex observatory ever launched into space, Webb has been going through a six-month period of preparation before it can begin science work, calibrating its instruments to its space environment and aligning its mirrors. This careful process, not to mention years of new technology development and mission planning, has built up to the first images and data: a demonstration of Webb at its full power, ready to begin its science mission and unfold the infrared universe.

“As we near the end of preparing the observatory for science, we are on the precipice of an incredibly exciting period of discovery about our universe. The release of Webb’s first full-color images will offer a unique moment for us all to stop and marvel at a view humanity has never seen before,” said Eric Smith, Webb program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “These images will be the culmination of decades of dedication, talent, and dreams – but they will also be just the beginning.”

 

Behind the Scenes: Creating Webb’s First Images

Deciding what Webb should look at first has been a project more than five years in the making, undertaken by an international partnership between NASA, ESA, CSA, and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, home to Webb’s science and mission operations.

“Our goals for Webb’s first images and data are both to showcase the telescope’s powerful instruments and to preview the science mission to come,” said astronomer Klaus Pontoppidan, Webb project scientist at STScI. “They are sure to deliver a long-awaited ‘wow’ for astronomers and the public.”

Once each of Webb’s instruments has been calibrated, tested, and given the green light by its science and engineering teams, the first images and spectroscopic observations will be made. The team will proceed through a list of targets that have been preselected and prioritized by an international committee to exercise Webb’s powerful capabilities. Then the production team will receive the data from Webb’s instrument scientists and process it into images for astronomers and the public.

“I feel very privileged to be a part of it,” said Alyssa Pagan, a science visuals developer at STScI. “Typically, the process from raw telescope data to final, clean image that communicates scientific information about the universe can take anywhere from weeks to a month,” Pagan said.

What Will We See?

While careful planning for Webb’s first full-color images has been underway for a long time, the new telescope is so powerful that it is difficult to predict exactly how the first images will look. “Of course, there are things we are expecting and hoping to see, but with a new telescope and this new high-resolution infrared data, we just won’t know until we see it,” said STScI’s lead science visuals developer Joseph DePasquale.

Early alignment imagery has already demonstrated the unprecedented sharpness of Webb’s infrared view. However, these new images will be the first in full color and the first to showcase Webb’s full science capabilities. In addition to imagery, Webb will be capturing spectroscopic data – detailed information astronomers can read in light. The first images package of materials will highlight the science themes that inspired the mission and will be the focus of its work: the early universe, the evolution of galaxies through time, the lifecycle of stars, and other worlds. All of Webb’s commissioning data – the data taken while aligning the telescope and preparing the instruments – will also be made publicly available.

What’s Next?

Science! After capturing its first images, Webb’s scientific observations will begin, continuing to explore the mission’s key science themes. Teams have already applied through a competitive process for time to use the telescope, in what astronomers call its first “cycle,” or first year of observations. Observations are carefully scheduled to make the most efficient use of the telescope’s time.

These observations mark the official beginning of Webb’s general science operations – the work it was designed to do. Astronomers will use Webb to observe the infrared universe, analyze the data collected, and publish scientific papers on their discoveries.

Beyond what is already planned for Webb, there are the unexpected discoveries astronomers can’t anticipate. One example: In 1990 when the Hubble Space Telescope launched, dark energy was completely unknown. Now it is one of the most exciting areas of astrophysics. What will Webb discover?

The James Webb Space Telescope is the world's premier space science observatory. Webb will solve mysteries in our solar system, look beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency.

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12 de julho de 2022 deve ser o primeiro dia em que as fotos saem. 

Primeiras imagens do Telescópio Espacial Webb da NASA em breve

Lee esta história em espanhol  aqui.

O Telescópio Espacial James Webb da NASA, uma parceria com a ESA (Agência Espacial Européia) e a Agência Espacial Canadense (CSA), lançará suas primeiras imagens coloridas e dados espectroscópicos em 12 de julho de 2022. Como o maior e mais complexo observatório já lançado no espaço, o Webb está passando por um período de preparação de seis meses antes de poder começar o trabalho científico, calibrando seus instrumentos para seu ambiente espacial e alinhando seus espelhos . Este processo cuidadoso, para não falar de anos de desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias e planejamento de missões , resultou nas primeiras imagens e dados: uma demonstração do Webb em sua potência máxima, pronto para iniciar sua missão científica e desdobrar o universo infravermelho.     

“À medida que nos aproximamos do final da preparação do observatório para a ciência, estamos à beira de um período incrivelmente emocionante de descobertas sobre nosso universo. O lançamento das primeiras imagens coloridas do Webb oferecerá um momento único para todos nós pararmos e nos maravilharmos com uma visão que a humanidade nunca viu antes”, disse Eric Smith, cientista do programa Webb na sede da NASA em Washington. “Essas imagens serão o culminar de décadas de dedicação, talento e sonhos – mas também serão apenas o começo.”

 

Bastidores: Criando as primeiras imagens do Webb

Decidir o que Webb deve olhar em primeiro lugar foi um projeto de mais de cinco anos, realizado por uma parceria internacional entre a NASA, ESA, CSA e o Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) em Baltimore, lar das operações científicas e de missão do Webb .

“Nossos objetivos para as primeiras imagens e dados do Webb são mostrar os poderosos instrumentos do telescópio e prever a missão científica que está por vir”, disse o astrônomo Klaus Pontoppidan, cientista do projeto Webb no STScI. “Eles certamente proporcionarão um tão esperado 'uau' para os astrônomos e o público.”

Uma vez que cada um dos instrumentos do Webb tenha sido calibrado, testado e dado a luz verde por suas equipes de ciência e engenharia, as primeiras imagens e observações espectroscópicas serão feitas. A equipe seguirá uma lista de alvos que foram pré-selecionados e priorizados por um comitê internacional para exercer as poderosas capacidades do Webb. Em seguida, a equipe de produção receberá os dados dos cientistas de instrumentos da Webb e os processará em imagens para os astrônomos e o público.   

“Sinto-me muito privilegiada por fazer parte disso”, disse Alyssa Pagan, desenvolvedora de recursos visuais científicos da STScI. “Normalmente, o processo desde os dados brutos do telescópio até a imagem final e limpa que comunica informações científicas sobre o universo pode levar de semanas a um mês”, disse Pagan.

O que veremos?

Embora o planejamento cuidadoso das primeiras imagens coloridas de Webb esteja em andamento há muito tempo, o novo telescópio é tão poderoso que é difícil prever exatamente como as primeiras imagens serão. “É claro que há coisas que esperamos e esperamos ver, mas com um novo telescópio e esses novos dados infravermelhos de alta resolução, não saberemos até vê-los”, disse Joseph DePasquale, desenvolvedor líder de recursos visuais científicos da STScI.

As primeiras imagens de alinhamento  já demonstraram a nitidez sem precedentes da visão infravermelha do Webb. No entanto, essas novas imagens serão as primeiras em cores e as primeiras a mostrar os recursos científicos completos do Webb. Além das imagens, o Webb capturará dados espectroscópicos – informações detalhadas que os astrônomos podem ler à luz . O primeiro pacote de imagens de materiais destacará os temas científicos que inspiraram a missão e serão o foco de seu trabalho: o universo primitivo, a evolução das galáxias ao longo do tempo, o ciclo de vida das estrelas e outros mundos. Todos os dados de comissionamento do Webb – os dados obtidos durante o alinhamento do telescópio e a preparação dos instrumentos – também serão disponibilizados ao público.    

Qual é o próximo?

Ciência! Depois de capturar suas primeiras imagens, as observações científicas do Webb começarão, continuando a explorar os principais temas científicos da missão. As equipes já se inscreveram por meio de um processo competitivo por tempo para usar o telescópio, no que os astrônomos chamam de seu primeiro “ciclo”, ou primeiro ano de observações. As observações são cuidadosamente programadas para fazer o uso mais eficiente do tempo do telescópio.   

Essas observações marcam o início oficial das operações científicas gerais do Webb – o trabalho para o qual foi projetado. Os astrônomos usarão o Webb para observar o universo infravermelho, analisar os dados coletados e publicar artigos científicos sobre suas descobertas.

Além do que já está planejado para Webb, há descobertas inesperadas que os astrônomos não podem prever. Um exemplo: em 1990, quando o Telescópio Espacial Hubble foi lançado, a energia escura era completamente desconhecida. Agora é uma das áreas mais excitantes da astrofísica. O que Webb descobrirá?   

O Telescópio Espacial James Webb é o principal observatório de ciência espacial do mundo. Webb resolverá mistérios em nosso sistema solar, olhará além para mundos distantes em torno de outras estrelas e investigará as misteriosas estruturas e origens de nosso universo e nosso lugar nele. Webb é um programa internacional liderado pela NASA com seus parceiros, ESA (Agência Espacial Européia) e a Agência Espacial Canadense.

I'm waiting with great curiosity 😃

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A tiny meteoroid struck the newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope in May, knocking one of its gold-plated mirrors out of alignment but not changing the orbiting observatory's schedule to become fully operational shortly, NASA said on Wednesday.

Key points:

• The micrometeoroid struck the telescope some time in late May, NASA says
• It was the largest hit to the telescope and left a small but noticeable effect
• NASA says the telescope "is still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements"

The little space rock hit the $US10 billion ($13.9 billion) telescope sometime in late May and left a small but noticeable effect in the telescope's data, NASA said in a statement, adding that it was the fifth and largest hit to the telescope since its December launch.

"After initial assessments, the team found the telescope is still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements," NASA said.

"Thorough analysis and measurements are ongoing."

Engineers have begun a delicate readjustment of the impacted mirror segment to help "cancel out a portion of the distortion" caused by the micrometeoroid, NASA said.

This image shows star 2MASS J17554042+6551277 used to align the mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope.  (NASA/STScI via AP)

Webb parked itself in a solar orbit roughly 1.6 million kilometres from Earth in January and is expected to yield its first full-colour images of the cosmos in July.

"This recent impact caused no change to Webb's operations schedule," NASA said.

Impact 'larger than was modelled'

Webb's mirror was engineered to withstand bombardment with dust-sized particles flying at extreme velocities in space, but the most recent impact was "larger than was modelled and beyond what the team could have tested on the ground," NASA said.

The space telescope, managed by NASA, is regarded as the most powerful space-based observatory ever built, with a suite of sensors and 18 gold-plated mirror segments working together to seek out distant planets as well as galaxies from the earliest stages of the universe.

Engineers designed the telescope to withstand occasional impacts from micrometeoroids — tiny space rocks travelling at ultra-fast speeds during predicted meteor showers near Webb's location in space.

The James Webb Space Telescope Mirror is seen at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt, Maryland in 2016.(Reuters)

Last month's micrometeoroid was not from any meteor shower, NASA said.

The US space agency, calling the impact "an unavoidable chance event," ...

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-09/meteorite-strikes-james-webb-telescope/101137762

 

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read this.. was thinking they just put it up there.   hope they get some new deep space pictures....

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A diagram of the mirror layout 

(C3 was hit)

 

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Hubble Space Telescope shows 5,000 ancient galaxies sparkling like confetti
By Rahul Rao published 21 June 2022

Thousands of distant, primordial galaxies in different shapes and sizes glow in infrared light in a newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

The oldest galaxies are about 13 billion years old, dating from just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. By looking at those galaxies in ultraviolet light, scientists can discover what chemicals lie inside those galaxies — information that is key to understanding how galaxies form and evolve. But there's a problem with this method: That primordial ultraviolet light gets absorbed before it can reach us.

But...

Read more:
https://www.space.com/hubble-space-telescope-thousands-ancient-galaxies-photo

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Here is we going to expect on July 12. https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-first-images-teaser

 

Thank we God we got a break that week for the convention.

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I think the first pictures will show here at 10:30 AM https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

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Something to read while we wait:

There's too much gold in the universe. No one knows where it came from.
By Rafi Letzter published October 07, 2020

Something is showering gold across the universe. But no one knows what it is.
Here is the problem. Gold is an element, which means you can't make it through ordinary chemical reactions — though alchemists tried for centuries. To make the sparkly metal, you have to bind 79 protons and 118 neutrons together to form a single atomic nucleus. That's an intense nuclear fusion reaction. But such intense fusion doesn't happen frequently enough, at least not nearby, to make the giant trove of gold we find on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system. And a new study has found the most commonly-theorized origin of gold — collisions between neutron stars — can't explain gold's abundance either. So where's the gold coming from?...

Read more:
https://www.space.com/where-did-gold-come-from.html

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New James Webb Space Telescope test image shows deepest yet field of sparkling galaxies
By Tereza Pultarova published about 9 hours ago

An engineering image acquired during testing of one of James Webb Space Telescope's instruments reveals hundreds of distant galaxies in the deepest ever glimpse into the infrared universe.
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The image, released by NASA on Wednesday (July 6), was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) over an eight-day period in May and encompasses 72 snapshots taken during 32 hours of exposure time. Notably, the FGS, which was built by the Canadian Space Agency, is not a science instrument and instead keeps the observatory pointing properly at its target.

Still, the stunning image provides a taste of what's to come when the most powerful and expensive space observatory ever built finally commences its ambitious science work in earnest. The telescope is wrapping up commissioning and the Webb team is set to reveal the first truly science-grade images on Tuesday (July 12) at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) during a broadcast you can watch live here at Space.com.



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Edited July 7, 2022 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

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Are we going to see beginning of our time as we know it?  Stars suppose to come first as we know it.

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Usually I do this on the same day of the Annual Meeting because I get so excited   https://www.yahoo.com/news/catch-sneak-peek-one-webbs-172111530.html

 

I'm going to scream! 

 

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!