I am at the International Astronomical Union's 26th General Assembly in Prague. I have attended sessions on convection, binary stars and a joint discussion on asteroseismology. It's very inspiring to hear fellow researchers talk about their favorite stars. I fear my poster on photometry of binary stars from the WIRE satellite has only attracted little attention. At least I can see that there are only few copies left of my latest paper on the newly discovered binary star Psi Centauri. I have discussed writing up a paper on the North star (Polaris) with Nancy Evans (her pet Cepheid star) so that is likely to happen soon. More on the status of our solar system tomorrow... the fate of Pluto will be decided on the general assembly meeting in the afternoon.

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