Astronomy Speaker's Night - The Universe Seen in the Eyes of a Fast Radio Burst

Visit a unique historical site in Richmond Hill and experience an engaging presentation led by experts and researchers in astronomy, covering a variety of exciting astronomy topics.

After the presentation, participants will tour the observatory and see a demonstration of the 74” telescope pointed to an interesting celestial object for the visitors to view (weather-dependent).

Please wear / bring appropriate supplies for being outside.

A registered adult must accompany all registered participants under the age of 16.

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the program start time in order to be signed in.

This program runs rain or shine.

Who can attend: Everyone

Fee: 

- Up to 14 years old: $15.69

- 15 or more years old: $17.72

Registration Link: ActiveRH

Location: David Dunlap Observatory (DDO)

Organized by: RASC, Toronto Centre

Abstract: Fast radio bursts are intense blasts of energy that happens within thousandths of a second. 

Their origins remain mysterious, but their existence has opened up numerous new possibilities of research in astronomy. 

Let us follow the path of a fast radio burst along its journey travelling to us and take a look at what the radio waves have to experience before they reach us. 

Specifically, Dr. Wu will make use of augmented reality to create some fun applications to show off the physics in this talk.

Speaker bio: Xiaohan Wu graduated with a PhD degree from Harvard and is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Canadian Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics.  

Her research spans a wide range of topics, including galaxy formation, cosmology, reionization, the first stars, and the cosmic microwave background. 

She now works with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment on fast radio bursts.