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Stephen Kerr

Stephen Kerr has been a leading light in occultation observing for many years, and in February 2015 was appointed Director of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand’s Occultation Section.

What got you into astronomy?

A Patrick Moore book almost did it when I was five, but fear of the dark prevented me from moving much beyond identifying Orion in the twilight. Then, when I was about 10, my uncle

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