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...some ways, the technical jargon and inherent speciality of these fields can make them seem as boring as accounting and as intimidating as rocket science. Recently, in an effort to make their areas of interest more relevant and accessible for their peers, the Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe (STAHR) and A Drop in the Ocean (ADITO), a non-profit microfinance organization run by Harvard students, have similarly adapted their interests for artistic purposes...
...Gogh’s “Starry Night” to Lord Byron’s, “She walks in beauty, like the night / of cloudless climes and starry skies.” Tonight, astronomy returns the favor. To celebrate a convergence of art and astronomy, STAHR, an organization devoted to the observation and study of the cosmos, is hosting a poetry event at the Loomis-Michael Observatory...
With this event, STAHR hopes to remind Harvard students of the basic wonder and beauty of the night sky. It will provide telescopes and display art pieces with astronomical themes. By making it easy for students to observe the skies, STAHR seeks to reconcile the perceived disparity between the technical knowledge of a specialist and the simple appreciation of a stargazer...
...Astronomy has gone through this metamorphosis. Look at the Greek astronomers,” says Lauren M. Weiss ’10, a STAHR officer. “They were just ordinary people who looked into the sky to try to understand it...But as science, and especially physics, has advanced, astronomy has too. Now to be an astronomer, it takes years to understand what is going on in the universe. This is unsatisfying to the average person, who looks up to the sky, wonders, and is truly inspired...
Besides engaging the public with astronomy in this setting, STAHR also seeks to bridge the traditional gap between how the night sky is observed by an artist with his naked eye, and an astronomer with his technologically privileged view. “Often art is coming from the perspective of artists here on Earth that are looking at the brightest objects in the sky,” Weiss says. “However, astronomers study the faintest and most distant objects in the sky...Now with Hubble, other Earth-based telescopes, and the Internet, we have been able to show...