Dr. Alex Wallace

Tonight's blood moon over Toowoomba.

Artist's impression of the Gaia space telescope in front of the Milky Way. Gaia looks kind of like a sunhat. I've added a little halo above it. The Milky Way has a glowy centre and you can see the dusk tracks in the disk. You can also see the bright blobs of the Magellanic Clouds below the Milky Way

The amazing @esa.int Gaia telescope is taking its last measurements today

Gaia has had a tremendous impact on astronomy. Without the easy to access (and use) data releases, a lot of the work I do would be impossible

Thank you, Gaia and team! Can't wait for the future data releases! 🔭🧪

Well over a year after moving to Melbourne I finally found a dark(ish) spot on a (very rare) clear night to get back into some astrophotography. Galactic centre is looking good.

In 2008 (half a lifetime ago), someone at school gave me a piece of jarrah since he didn't know what to do with it. I wasn't expected to keep it, and we later made a joke out of the fact that I still had it. Years later, I carved my own name in Old English runes. Weird but quite unique.

She who must not be named.