Written in the stars: Couple Pam Kilmartin and Alan Gilmore have been studying the stars for more than half a century. John Bisset/Stuff
Pam Kilmartin, 70, and Alan Gilmore, 76, have been studying the skies for more than 50 years.
From the University of Canterbury’s Mt John Observatory, in Tekapo, they have produced several thousand observations and discovered more than 40 asteroids, mostly in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Mt John Observatory’s MOA-II, one of the largest telescopes in New Zealand. Nick Rattenbury
