Date and Time: Saturday, February 4, 7:00 - 9:00 PM EST
Mapping Our Universe in Millimeter: What Have We Learned? - Presented by Dr. Yilun Guan
RASC DDO and the David Dunlap Observatory
Saturday, February 4, 7:00 - 9:00 PM EST, in person at the David Dunlap Observatory
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.
Dr. Guan will walk through how mapping the sky in millimeter has significantly advanced our knowledge of the universe, ranging from its early history and fundamental building blocks, to the magnetic field morphology of our galaxy.
Dr. Guan got his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, having specialized in millimeter astronomy. He works at the Atacama Cosmology Telescope to make the most precise millimeter-wavelength map of our sky and to extract both cosmology and astrophysics data from this map. He joined the Dunlap Institute at UofT as a postdoc in 2021 to help build the next generation Simons Observatory.