CaTS

The CASCA Graduate Student Committee (GSC) is reviving our seminar series, CaTS (Canadian Telescope Seminars) with a new twist — Canadian Telescope/Theoretical Seminars. While CaTS previously (2021 series) focused solely on telescopes and instrumentation, we now expand its scope to include the theoretical content behind the telescopes and instrumentation.

The aim of the series remains the same: to spotlight the diverse astronomical observatories or telescope missions that Canada is involved in. We now simply also spotlight the theoretical side of these observatories (the theory behind the acquisition or analysis of their data, including any modeling or simulation-based techniques). The seminar will be held alternately, one session featuring an observatory/mission/telescope, and the following session showcasing the theoretical side of that same observatory.

Next Session: TBA – done for the 2025-2026 academic year!

Past Sessions:

 

Date (M/D/Y) Observatory Youtube Link PDF Link
03/10/2021 Canada-France-Hawai’i Telescope (CFHT) https://youtu.be/tEO-rXy5pEI CFHT.pdf
04/28/2021 James Clark Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) https://youtu.be/h5gbP–iiCQ JCMT.pdf
05/19/2021 Square Kilometer Array (SKA) https://youtu.be/IAflQe4tM2A SKA.pdf
06/16/2021 Canadian Space Telescope (CASTOR) ———— ————
07/14/2021 Gemini Observatory ———— Gemini.pdf
10/27/2021 James Web Space Telescope (JWST) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUGu6VLE0zU JWST.pdf
11/17/2021 Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) https://youtu.be/4oEjeehb-Vc CHIME-FRB.pdf & CHIME-Pulars.pdf
11/29/2023 Simons Observatory – Instrumentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZssqQ4X6HU ————
12/13/2023 Simons Observatory – Science Goals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXepbW8d1Rs ————
02/07/2025 James Web Space Telescope (JWST) – Instrumentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahqyjyFnalU ————
03/18/2025 Canada-France-Hawai’i Telescope (CFHT) – Instrumentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEOw-1Qb40o ————
03/28/2025 James Web Space Telescope (JWST) – Instrumentation Part 2  https://youtu.be/qyyjHf1LuOs?si=JI2ZxEEVma2V88lP ————
04/07/2025 LIGO Science and Instrumentation  https://youtu.be/tC3ku1zAKWA?si=UaViJG4S9fp2E3rK  ————
02/25/2026 Euclid https://youtu.be/Fks1r-D2ifI?si=eiZ3IjY4ELA7EoGZ Euclid PDF
05/11/2026 THESAN Simulations https://youtu.be/a6Np59_IFi4 THESAN PDF

 

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