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New space observatory opens in South Wairarapa | RNZ News:

A new observatory in South Wairarapa lets visitors watch exploding stars far away - and take the photos home with them.
The Cretney Observatory, which opened Saturday 13 September, boasts a … 400mm Testar Officina Stellare RiFAST telescope … sourced from Italy. … It sits on an eight tonne slab of concrete to keep the images stable.…
"It's a reflecting telescope, it's a carbon fibre tube and two very high quality mirrors that reflect the light that's travelled all that way through the universe, through the galaxy, into our little telescope in Martinborough."