7 am:     
Breakfast.

8.50 am:     
Interview with Tim Shaw on Radio 2CC Canberra, talking about Space X sending paying passengers around the Moon.

9.30 am:     
Interview with Simon Lauder on ABC Radio south-east NSW about Space X and announcement of seven earth-like planets in a distant solar system.

10 am:     
Work on expected rates for detecting supernova with UV balloon-borne telescope system.

10.30 am:     
Meet with Melrose High teacher Geoff McNamara about MSATT, the astronomical teaching telescope.

11.30 am:     
Edit draft paper by Ryan, my PhD student, on detecting gravitational wave sources with our UV balloon-borne telescope system.

1 pm:     
Quick chat with Richard from the News-Register. That ‘UFO’ in Tasmania was potentially a small satellite re-entering.

2 pm:     
Chat with ANU colleagues about the Astronomical Society of Australia annual meeting I’m organising, to be held at ANU in July – 250 astronomers, will need wifi and coffee!

2.30 pm:     
Meet with Dan, my new PhD student starting today, who will be working on using multiple cosmological measurements to measure the growth of the local Universe.

3.30 pm:
Video conference with Siding Spring Observatory and CubeRider about getting schools in NSW involved in planning, building, and developing science projects on the International Space Station as part of National Science Week.

4.30 pm:
Work with Ben from Daramalan College on CREST project to use SkyMapper to probe the evolution and growth of supermassive black holes.

5.15 pm:     
Phone call with Fox Studios, Sydney; the second trailer for Alien: Covenant is out and some of my work is in there – it looks awesome.

6.15 pm:     
Cook dinner, tacos tonight.

8.00 pm:     
Get kids ready for bed, bedtime stories.

9.30 pm:     
Finish Kepler Space Telescope Campaigns 16 and 17 target selection and mission planning.

10.30 pm:     
Work on new courses – ‘Astronomy for All’ and ‘Life in Space’.

12 am:     
Finish ARC Discovery Early Career Award grant application (due tomorrow!).

2 am:     
Finish first draft of SkyMapper search for the source of very high energy neutrinos.

3.15 am:     
Off to bed, however, my dog, Bagel the Beagle has taken up most of my spot!