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Seeing in a new light
BBC Sky at Night Magazine|February 2025
It's National Astronomy Week this month, so take a tip from Mark Westmoquette and let mindful stargazing change your perspective on your life and problems
- Mark Westmoquette
Seeing in a new light

Back in 2008, when I was working as a professional astronomer, I was granted two nights on a big telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. I remember arriving at the summit of the volcano at dusk, very excited about this incredible opportunity. I went into the brightly lit telescope control room, plugged in my laptop and started preparing for the night of taking data. When it was dawn, I emerged into the sunrise, bleary eyed and ready for dinner... or was it breakfast? It was only years later that I realised I'd been to the summit of Mauna Kea and I hadn't looked up at the night sky with my eyes even once. I now see this lamentable situation was representative of a deeper state of mental difficulty that had crept up on me like a long, slow sunset.

この記事は BBC Sky at Night Magazine の February 2025 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

Seeing in a new light
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この記事は BBC Sky at Night Magazine の February 2025 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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