Tanya Hill

2026-03-01 08:04:05

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute
Honorary Fellow, Astronomy, The University of Melbourne

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I am an extragalactic astronomer, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne, and am currently working in the field of science communication at Melbourne Planetarium.

I joined the Melbourne Planetarium at Scienceworks in 1999, drawing on my background in research astronomy to create more than a dozen planetarium productions. The most recent of these are now screened in over fifty planetariums across sixteen countries world-wide.

Experience

1999–present Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
2014–present Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne

Education

2002 University of Sydney, PhD
1994 University of Sydney, BSc (Hons)

Publications

2001 Starburst or Seyfert? Adding a Radio and Far-Infrared Perspective to the Investigation of Activity in Composite Galaxies., Astronomical Journal
1999 Starburst or Seyfert? Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Measure the Activity in Composite Galaxies., Astronomical Journall
1997 The Sculptor dwarf irregular galaxy SDIG: present and past., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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