MT John -- The First 50 Years: A Celebration of Half a Century of Optical Astronomy at the University of Canterbury - Hearnshaw, John; Gilmore, Alan
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Mt John University Observatory is New Zealand's only professional research observatory for optical astronomy. Today it is both a research observatory and a mecca for stargazing astrotourists, who come to see the pristine landscape and the amazing dark night skies. This richly illustrated account follows the development of this iconic New Zealand scientific institution.

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Mt John University Observatory is New Zealand's only professional research observatory for optical astronomy. Today it is both a research observatory and a mecca for stargazing astrotourists, who come to see the pristine landscape and the amazing dark night skies. This richly illustrated account follows the development of this iconic New Zealand scientific institution.
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John Hearnshaw is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Canterbury. He is the former director of Mt John Observatory, has won the Mechaelis Prize for Astronomy, and was elected foreign research associate for the Royal Astronomical Society, London. Alan Gilmore worked at Wellington's Carter Observatory and established, with his wife Pam Kilmartin, a program tracking southern comets and near-Earth asteroids. He was Mt John superintendent (site manager) from 1996 until 2014, and has won the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand's Murray Geddes Prize and the Nova Award of the American Association of Variable Star Observers.