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Stephen Voss

Stephen Voss is a medical general practitioner and astrophotographer based on the South Island of New Zealand, and well known for his images of the Aurora Australis.

What got you into astronomy?

I grew up in a small rural town with dark skies in the lower North Island of New Zealand,

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