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Stephan Paape remembers seeing the twinkle in his daughter’s eye after she discovered the bumpy surface of the moon through a telescope lens.
To peer into the “inky black background of space really puts our own place and the Earth’s place in the universe into perspective,” he said.
Paape, the president of the not-for-profit AstroPontiac, hopes to raise $12,500 by mid-August to build one of the first astronomy parks in the national capital region. The park is expected to be located in Pontiac, Que., roughly a 30-minute drive northwest of Ottawa.
The money raised during their Indiegogo campaign would go toward building an observatory, which would house two telescopes that only “the most serious amateurs would be able to get their hands on.”
Paape said he would be “thrilled” if AstroPontiac could reach its target, but with over a month and a half to go, the group is less than a quarter of the way to its goal. He said any small donation would help make their dream a reality.
However, if they surpass their goal, he said, “the sky’s the limit” and the extra money would be put into more telescopes and better facilities.
During the night when buildings are illuminated, people see only a sliver of the night sky, he said, but if you travel outside of the city, stars start to appear “like sugar spread on a background of black velvet.”
It’s a humbling experience seeing the look of wonder on people’s faces when they see something that they’ve never seen before, Paape said.
He added that people’s first reactions are often say “wow”, “that’s amazing”, and “I never imagined it was like that.”
In the past, he said, people have relied on astronomy club events to catch a better glimpse of the night sky, but he hopes the one-acre astronomy park will be a more stable fixture in the area.
Paape said he originally fell in love with the region and he was keen on giving the families an evening outdoors, away from the light pollution.
He said he would revel in the opportunity to share his passion of astronomy with others and stare into the night sky on a regular basis.
But the moment he treasures most is “when the sky is steady and the views are crisp and you see another planet just right, it almost feels like you could reach into the eyepiece and touch it.”
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To peer into the “inky black background of space really puts our own place and the Earth’s place in the universe into perspective,” he said.
Paape, the president of the not-for-profit AstroPontiac, hopes to raise $12,500 by mid-August to build one of the first astronomy parks in the national capital region. The park is expected to be located in Pontiac, Que., roughly a 30-minute drive northwest of Ottawa.
The money raised during their Indiegogo campaign would go toward building an observatory, which would house two telescopes that only “the most serious amateurs would be able to get their hands on.”
Paape said he would be “thrilled” if AstroPontiac could reach its target, but with over a month and a half to go, the group is less than a quarter of the way to its goal. He said any small donation would help make their dream a reality.
However, if they surpass their goal, he said, “the sky’s the limit” and the extra money would be put into more telescopes and better facilities.
During the night when buildings are illuminated, people see only a sliver of the night sky, he said, but if you travel outside of the city, stars start to appear “like sugar spread on a background of black velvet.”
It’s a humbling experience seeing the look of wonder on people’s faces when they see something that they’ve never seen before, Paape said.
He added that people’s first reactions are often say “wow”, “that’s amazing”, and “I never imagined it was like that.”
In the past, he said, people have relied on astronomy club events to catch a better glimpse of the night sky, but he hopes the one-acre astronomy park will be a more stable fixture in the area.
Paape said he originally fell in love with the region and he was keen on giving the families an evening outdoors, away from the light pollution.
He said he would revel in the opportunity to share his passion of astronomy with others and stare into the night sky on a regular basis.
But the moment he treasures most is “when the sky is steady and the views are crisp and you see another planet just right, it almost feels like you could reach into the eyepiece and touch it.”
anguyen@ottawacitizen.com
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