I am an astronomer in the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing (CAS), Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, and Assistant Coordinator of Swinburne Astronomy Online (SAO).

Email: gmackie @ swin.edu.au * Contact Details

SAO Short Course * SAO Calendar * SAO Image Gallery * Astronomical Tourist * Billions * Megaliths

Cosmos, the SAO Encyclopedia

astro-ph * NASA ADS * APOD

Astro-Humour * Prose/Poetry/Quotes * Astro-Factoids

Astronomy Cast * AAVSO * Melbourne Planetarium

Glen Mackie


The background is Messier 51 from Hubble Heritage heritage.stsci.edu/2005/12a/ credit: NASA, ESA S. Beckwith and Hubble Heritage team