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Outreach activities
Our group is very active in outreach activities 🎙️. We have a strong commitment to bring astronomy to the general public, and we are always looking for new ways to do so. We encourage you to contact us if you have an idea for a new outreach activity, or if you want to collaborate with us in one of our current projects.
AstroLab Outreach event 2025. In August 2025, AstroLab hosted an outreach event where team members delivered a one-hour presentation on our current research projects at Facultad Ciencias FĂsicas Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile. Students from AstroLab showcased their work to peers, sparking lively discussion and questions. The session emphasized open, friendly dialogue about our investigations and career paths in astronomy and instrumentation. Stay tuned for announcements about upcoming outreach events! The photograph shows our team member MSc. Gonzalo Burgos whiule discussing the transient radio sky.
DĂa del patrimonio 2025. This past dĂa del patrimonio (open doors to all public buildings in Chile; May 25, 2025) we were at the National Astronomical Observatory (Cerro Calán), Department of Astronomy at the Universidad de Chile. Here, our AstroLab team, together with the Center for Astrophysics and Associated Technologies (CATA), showcased to the general public the various hardware developments we have worked on over the past two years. These works include developments in radio frequencies for the Canadian-Chilean array for radio transient studies (CHARTS) project, as well as our latest fieldwork at Gemini South (installing and observing with the Italian quantum eye; IQUEYE). CHARTS components include radio frequency amplification components, filters, and multiplexers, which are fundamental for efficiently detecting transient radio sources (e.g., fast radio bursts). In the case of IQUEYE, our team presented the installation process and astronomical observations that took place this past February in Gemini South.