Joseph Ward: pioneer New Zealand Telescope Maker

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Jun 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002soust..41b..22o&link_type=abstract

Southern Stars, vol. 41, issue 2, p.22-23

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During the first quarter of the twentieth century, Joseph Ward was one of New Zealand's leading amateur astronomers. He is best remembered as the founder of the Ward (Wanganui) Observatory, for his Ward double stars and as a pioneer telescope maker. Over the years he manufactured many reflectors and small refractors. Some of these were acquired by astronomical societies and by other well known New Zealand astronomers, including Ronald McIntosh and Albert Jones. For many years the 52.1 cm Newtonian reflector that he completed in 1924 remained the largest telescope made by a New Zealand amateur astronomer.

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