Vince was a research astronomer at Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring observatories for 41 years. He has published over 30 research papers and used every major optical and radio telescope in Australia. For 30 years he has lectured to, and run stargazing sessions for, audiences from preschoolers to university students and the general public. He had regular slots with many radio stations, and was media contact at times of newsworthy astronomical events. Vince was staff astronomer at Stromlo Observatory Visitors Centre, responsible for exhibit design, educational programmes and training explainers. In 1998 he was awarded the Michael Daley Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science, and in 2008 was awarded a Rotary International Vocational Excellence Award.