Losing the Dark
For some people, stargazing might be too mellow for a liking. For some other people, it’s a stress reliever, a hobby, a job!! Stars and the other sky objects may not be that important for some people, because it doesn’t look realistic enough to be taken seriously as future job. Learning about economics sounds more promising than learning about physics, moreover about sky objects (an ordinary people will say that’s a job for a jobless people). But without the physicians, we can’t run the so-called realistic business.
If you are residing in a big city
like Jakarta, say goodbye to live show of the lovely stars because of the light
polluted night sky. The star light overshadowed by city lamps, making a night
sky looks plain and dull. Sad, right? You have to go to the dark place (a real
dark area such as mountains, not the dark cemetery near your house) to see (and
to take photo of) the milky way. Well, sounds like I am blaming the city light
for the losing stars. But no, some people don’t know that losing the dark sky means
killing our own resided planet by threaten human sleep patterns, animal
migration, etc. To have a dark sky doesn’t mean we have to sacrifice our safety
by turning off the lamps, but there are solutions for that such as pointing
down the street lights and using a very focused LEDs. Jakarta still in
developed mode to focus on that, I guess.
We have an option to see the stars:
visit the planetarium and observatory. Jakarta has one, only one with one
theater and one projector. But sadly, it’s closed since July 2015 until an undetermined time because part of the projector burned. It’s been a month already without new notification from the internal staff. Out of date website
and slow facebook response anger us who wanted to visit planetarium. And now,
where do we find a place in this hectic and crowded city to educate people
about sky objects? As not important as that sounds, that’s very important. Maybe
there will be a future Indonesian astronaut that’s inspired by a show in planetarium?
We never know. I hope there will be some technology and human resources
upgrades in the future (underline + bold the human resources
part).
I don't really mind the broken projector, i kind of expect the slow maintenance tho. But the out of date website and social media anger me. I think there should be an official article or note to explain the detail of the problem so people won't ask again and again. Well, the internal knows the best.
I don't really mind the broken projector, i kind of expect the slow maintenance tho. But the out of date website and social media anger me. I think there should be an official article or note to explain the detail of the problem so people won't ask again and again. Well, the internal knows the best.
I know, it won’t be easy because to
get and give an unforgettable experience needs an unforgettable value of money.
Hehehe. I hope planetarium will open again soon. I am tired of malls, i need a (cheap and near) dark night sky!
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