* Astronomy

Owen Moore has stars in his eyes from three million light years away after building his own backyard observatory.
Mr Moore has been keen on astronomy since he was 16 and worked at the Carter Observatory for 14 years.
Retiring 3½ years ago, he moved to Levin and, with the help of local contractors, fulfilled his life-long dream of building an eight-metre-high tower and observatory, complete with a dome that can be rotated 360 degrees.

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