One of the many benefits of full ESO membership for Australia would be the opportunity to access time on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) – which feels like a very apt name for this incredible piece of infrastructure, currently under construction in Armazones, Chile. 📷ESO

Love this! I have some thoughts but would also like to see my papers published...

We're doing lots of work preparing to observe this important light with NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory. Our paper comparing Observable and Simulated Intracluster Light Fractions with LSST-like images has just been accepted by #MNRAS Royal Astronomical Society UNSW Science @mireiamontesq ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv2…

It's going to be an exciting 2024, I look forward to working with AstronomyAustralia to represent Australia on ESO Council.

Brilliant news! I can’t wait to see Sue’s lecture!

Wonderful to see this exciting research from A/Prof. Christian Wolf and Mount Stromlo colleagues, discovering this outstanding beast, thanks to ESO observations!

Last week I had the privilege of representing the Australian astronomy community on the Council of the intergovernmental ESO in Germany. I also got to take a selfie with a model of the amazing Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile AstronomyAustralia UNSW Science

Attending #SMP2024, representing Astro. Soc. Aus. along with @astrogin amongst many others! So excited to meet everyone and hear all the lessons.

#SMP2024 day 2 photos. Getting the opportunity to meet and discuss STEM with Peter Khalil MP and managing to gather (nearly all) the astronomers together. Thanks to Science & Technology Australia for organizing!

So good to see this being discussed publicly. Thanks in particular to Celine!

Some nice results from our SAMI Galaxy Survey research

Professors - talk to students at conferences and events. Not everyone can just walk up and start a conversation. You have status, and it can be intimidating. Create balance. Smile. Introduce yourself. Ask them about their research.

Tonight 7PM at RMIT University Melbourne, find out what it is that theoretical physicists actually do, with Sue Coppersmith of UNSW Science - the 2024 Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics Lecturer Details at whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au/things-to-do/w…

A really important conversation about the impacts of low orbit satellites on radio astronomy with the SKA. Unfortunately, the satellites also have an impact on optical astronomy. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-2…

Great team looking at the fascinating intracluster light with the Euclid telescope!

This demonstrates the crowded sky now above us, in a 4-hour 3600-frame time-lapse tracking a sky criss-crossed with satellites (and some aircraft). This was May 9, at latitude 51° N, so only the lowest (southernmost) portion of the sky is in Earth's shadow. #starlink TWAN

I'm sure the contributions would also be substantial in Australia but that feels largely unseen by the community.

If you'd like to know more about one of the next generation optical telescopes that astronomers will use, the Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile, this is a rather lovely podcast about it abc.net.au/listen/program…

At UNSW Science we have been investigating the tar balls that washed up on Coogee and other Sydney beaches. What do we know (and not know!) so far? Here comes our thread!