Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium curator Mark Rigby retires but stargazing will never end

After 36 years at the helm of the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, well-known curator and passionate space enthusiast Mark Rigby is retiring.

Throughout his career under the cosmic skydome at Mount Coot-Tha, Mr Rigby presented about 15,000 shows, inspiring an estimated audience of 1 million people.

Dubbed the “Star Man” by his colleagues, Mr Rigby said in later years his attention had turned towards Earth.

“I must say that over those 36 years, as we’ve looked out, towards the end I’m looking more back, towards our own planet and the need to look after it,” he said.

“But we still don’t know if this is…