Wednesday, July 8, 2009

In Melbourne for ASA Conference and Harley Wood Winter School

My head is spinning for all the information that has been funnelled into it over the last few days - it is amazing the depth of knowledge that is being studied in Astronomy in Australia. Lots of radio and cosmology studies and searching for blackholes, AGN's and the beginning of time.

Not a lot of stellar stuff or planetary science - athough yesterday there were some talks on the Sun and helioseismology. I have taken more notes than fit into a shorthand size notebook and had to buy another one!

Mind you I am more than ever convinced that those of us who actually enjoy looking at the sky and actually observing as opposed to theorising are a minority!

But that could be sour grapes because I must confess to being totally out of my depth on some of the models etc being discussed.

Still the food is incredible! People have looked at my poster!

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