ATNF open day at Marsfield
The ATNF, in conjuction with CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics, held an Open Day at the Marsfield site on Saturday, 24 November , 2001. The day was a great success with well over a thousand members of the public wandering the laboratories, admiring our displays and chatting to astronomers and engineers.
In feedback, visitors revealed that they greatly enjoyed the Open Day and learnt a lot about what the ATNF and CTIP do, and also about the CSIRO in general. In particular, the tours of the ATNF receiver laboratories and the Square Kilometre Array exhibit were big hits with the Open Day visitors. In addition there were exhibits featuring remote observing with the ATCA, an "astronomer's corridor", an exhibit explaining aspects of the Parkes radio telescope and celebrating its 40th birthday, and an area where visitors could "ask an astronomer" questions about astronomy.
Thanks go to the many members of staff who contributed to the success of the Open Day, spending time and effort preparing the displays and being there on the day to make the event enjoyable for the visitors.
A set of web pages showing a photographic tour of the Open Day activities is available at: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/openday/index.html.
Steven Tingay
(Steven.Tingay@csiro.au)