Astrofest report
The last astrofest was held at the Marsfield Lecture Theatre on 5 June (see http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/astrofest/astrofest-05-June-2002.html ). Short presentations were made by ATNF and visiting astronomers on the subjects of radio galaxies, galaxy interactions, high-energy neutrinos and pulsars. Special thanks to non-ATNF speakers Dr Giovanna Temporin (Innsbruck), Simon Johnston (Sydney) and Dr Fernando Camilo (Columbia). It was also a pleasure to hear the ATNF Director Ron Ekers talk about the science he had been thinking about during his sabbatical in Berkeley, and his plans for future Lunar Cerenkov detectors. Most of the 15 minute talks were on pulsars, as the astrofest also coincided with the 60th birthday of Dick Manchester! Needless to say, there were a few festivities which continued at a local Thai restaurant in the evening. The next astrofest will be a Bolton Symposium, currently scheduled for 11 December 2002.
Dick Manchester celebrating his birthday at the ATNF astrofest.
Lister Staveley-Smith
(Lister.Staveley-Smith@csiro.au)