ATNF Astrofest meetings
In order to liven up the regular astrophysics group meetings, it was agreed some time ago that two of the regular business meetings each year be replaced by science-oriented meetings. We have now had two of these so-called astrofests. The program for the last one on 13 December 2000 can still be found on the web at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/astro/astrofest-13-Dec-2000.html. This latest meeting proved to be an exciting forum for the discussion of Active Galactic Nuclei and their variability, polarimetry, pulsars and HI in nearby galaxies. An AIPS++ image demo also proved popular.
Although originally aimed as a forum for the astrophysics group to discuss science and communication, the astrofests have proved popular among visitors, students, National Facility users and other ATNF groups. As a result, we welcome anyone to attend, and anyone with an ATNF-related result to give a short presentation at future meetings. The next astrofest is presently scheduled for 6 June 2001.
Lister Staveley-Smith
ATNF Astrophysics Group Leader
(Lister.Staveley-Smith@atnf.csiro.au)