During the first quarter of the twentieth century Joseph Ward was one of New Zealand’s leading amateur astronomers, and 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, and 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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