Iziqhingi zasePitcairn: Indawo Engcwele Yesibhakabhaka Emnyama ePacific kanye nepharadesi lezivakashi ze-astro

I-Milky Way njengoba ibonwa e-Pitcairn iyindlela yokuphila kanye empilweni kubavakashi abambalwa kakhulu abazibiza ngama-Astro Tourists. Isibhakabhaka asinamkhawulo ebusuku eziQhingini ezikude zasePitcairn. Lezi ziqhingi zasePacific seziphinde zazibeka ezingeni lomhlaba njengoba ziqala uhambo lokuyoba 'iNdawo Yesibhakabhaka Esimnyama' esemthethweni. Njengamanje, kunezindawo ezintathu kuphela emhlabeni ezithathwa 'Ngendawo Engcwele Yesibhakabhaka Esimnyama'—igama elisho yonke into emhlabeni we-Astro Tourism.

I-Pitcairn Islands, ngokusemthethweni i-Pitcairn, i-Henderson, i-Ducie ne-Oeno Islands, ziyiqembu leziqhingi ezine ezinentaba-mlilo eningizimu yePacific Ocean ezakha iBritish Overseas Territory yokugcina eNingizimu Pacific.

Iziqhingi ezine - i-Pitcairn proper, i-Henderson, i-Ducie, ne-Oeno - zihlakazeke olwandle lwamamayela angamakhulu ambalwa futhi zinendawo eyizwe ehlangene engamakhilomitha-skwele angama-47 (18 sq mi). I-Henderson Island ithatha ama-86% wendawo, kodwa yi-Pitcairn Island kuphela ehlala abantu.

I-Pitcairn iyindawo yezwe enabantu abambalwa kakhulu emhlabeni. I-Pitcairn Islanders iyiqembu lezinhlanga ezimbili futhi lehle kakhulu kwabayisishiyagalolunye Bounty abavukeli kanye nedlanzana labantu baseTahiti ababehamba nabo, isenzakalo esiye sakhulunywa kabusha ezincwadini nasemafilimini amaningi. Lo mlando usabonakala ezibongweni zabaningi base-Island. Namuhla kunezakhamuzi ezingaba ngu-50 kuphela, eziphuma emikhayeni emine eyinhloko.

Kusukela ekuhlanganeni okuphelele kwe-solar eclipse kuya kumaworkshop ezithombe ze-Northern Lights, i-Astro Tourism yomhlaba wonke iyimboni ekhula ngokushesha. Eminyakeni yakamuva, i-Astro Tourism imenyezelwe njengomholi wemboni phakathi kwabahambi abanomqondo oqhubekayo kanye nezinkampani zokuhamba ngokufanayo. Ngalezi zizathu nokunye, i-Pitcairn iphindaphindeka kabili ku-Astro Tourism ngokufaka isicelo sokuba 'Indawo Yesibhakabhaka Esimnyama' ngo-2018.

Isicelo sika-Pitcairn sizoba namandla okuqinisekisa futhi lesi akusona igama lokuqala elinomqondo wokongiwa kweziqhingi eziye zalifuna. Ngo-2015, i-United Kingdom yaqamba amanzi azungeze iziQhingi zasePitcairn njengendawo enkulu yolwandle evikelwe emhlabeni. Namuhla iseyiNdawo yesi-3 enkulu kunazo zonke Evikelekile Yasolwandle emhlabeni. Ukuzinikela okuqinile kukaPitcairn kwezokongiwa kwemvelo kuzoqinisekisa ukuthi ingcebo yayo yemvelo izohlala imsulwa ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. Njengoba zitholakala endaweni engaphezu kuka-500km ukusuka kumakhelwane oseduze onabantu abaningi, ekujuleni kwe-South Pacific, iziQhingi zasePitcairn ziphakathi kwezilwandle ezicwebe kakhulu emhlabeni kanye nesibhakabhaka ebusuku emhlabeni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba inabantu abangu-50 kuphela, kanye nendawo enentaba-mlilo ehlinzeka ngezindawo zokubuka ezihlukahlukene ezimangalisayo, i-Pitcairn ibekwe ngendlela efanele ukuhlangabezana nezidingo ezithile ze-Astro Tourism.

Njengesinyathelo sayo sokuqala ezweni le-Astro Tourism, u-Pitcairn umeme uProfesa we-Emeritus we-Astronomy eNyuvesi yaseCanterbury, uJohn Hearnshaw, ukuthi avakashele iziqhingi ngoFebhuwari 2018. Indima yakhe kuzoba ukuhlola ukufaneleka kwesiqhingi ku-Astro Tourism njengoba kunjalo. kuhlobene nokuqeqeshwa kwabaqondisi besibhakabhaka ebusuku, ukuhlola indawo, kanye nemitha yokukhanya. Izihloko zokuqeqesha ngeziqondiso ezisafufusa ze-Pitcairn ze-Astro zizofaka phakathi ulwazi lwamaplanethi, izinkanyezi, i-nebulae nemithala, ukusitheka kwenyanga nelanga, ukugcina isikhathi kusayensi yezinkanyezi, izimbobo ezimnyama, ama-quasars, kanye ne-cosmology.

Njengoba izindawo ezikhonjiwe nokuqeqeshwa kwabaqondisi bendawo kusukela ngo-February 2018, isinyathelo esilandelayo sika-Pitcairn kuzoba ukufaka isicelo segama elithi 'Dark Sky Sanctuary'. Uma eklonyeliswe ngaleli lungelo eliphakeme, u-Pitcairn ubezojoyina izindawo ezintathu kuphela ezikhona emhlabeni ezihlanganisa izindawo ezikude zaseChile, eNew Zealand naseNew Mexico.

Esenza lesi simemezelo, uMdidiyeli Wokuvakasha wakwa-Pitcairn, u-Heather Menzies uthe, “I-Pitcairn inesibhakabhaka esimangalisayo esimnyama. Ngokuvumelana nokuzibophezela kwethu ekuvikeleni indawo esihlala kuyo, sihlose ukuphatha umuzwa wokubuka isibhakabhaka ebusuku osezingeni lomhlaba ku-Pitcairn. Njengoba iyisiqhingi esihlanzekile nesikude, inkundla yethu yemidlalo yemvelo izohlinzeka ngendawo ekahle yezivakashi ze-Astro ezinesibindi. "

Itholakala uhhafu phakathi kwe-New Zealand ne-Peru, i-Pitcairn bekuyikhaya lezizukulwane zabavukeli be-HMAV Bounty kusukela ngo-1790 futhi isengenye yezindawo zokuvakasha ezikude nezingakatholwa emhlabeni. Leli thuba elisha lizonikeza izivakashi esinye isizathu esinamandla sokuvakashela le ndawo ekhangayo nekude.

Ukufinyelela e-Pitcairn kusetshenziswa insizakalo yokuthumela yekota yonyaka ehlinzeka ngohambo lokuya nokubuya oluyi-12 minyaka yonke phakathi kweMangareva eFrench Polynesia nasePitcairn Island.