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SPECTRUM by Peter Tyson
In Good Company
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE the community you belong to as an
astronomer? All of us surely have our own delineation. Perhaps it's
the group of friends you observe with, or the club you belong to, or
the star parties you attend. Maybe it's simply all astronomers.
I would define our community even more broadly than that. To
get an idea of what I mean, I point you to Alan Whitman's article on page 20.
It's ostensibly about the finest emission nebulae in the sky - the Veil, Lagoon,
Tarantula, and other nebulous wonders. But considered a certain way, his piece
is as much about people as about clouds.
You won't see a single image of a person in his article, but it's remarkably
well-peopled. Altogether, more than 30 surnames appear in it, and every one of
those individuals, as I see it, is a member of our community.
Who are they? Some are stargazers Alan has observed with, quotes, or
thanks, among them several Americans and Australians, two Argentinians, a
South African, and a Dutchman based in Chile. Most of this handful of observers
are men, but two are women. They also span a range of ages: In describing
M42, the Great Orion Nebula, Alan compares
his sight now, at age 75, with that of " keen-eyed "
18-year-old Zane Landers.
Thus, for Alan, the astronomical community
comprises many nationalities, ages, and genders.
It extends back in time as well, I'd argue. The
Two fellow members of our
community: William Herschel
and Williamina Fleming
article mentions famous astronomers like William
Herschel, E. E. Barnard, and Williamina Fleming,
as well as lesser-known ones, such as the French
astronomer Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-
1637) and the American astronomer Lewis Swift (1820-1913).
Some of these past luminaries crop up as surnames only, out of their association
with certain objects or areas. Thus, we read of Bok globules and the
Huygens Region, of celestial objects labeled Messier or Collinder, Trumpler
or Wolf-Rayet. Other last names are linked to books, such as Burnham, or to
instruments, including the Dobsonian and the Hubble Space Telescope.
As we read these historic names in passing, it's easy to forget that all represent
people who lived and loved the stars, just as we do. They're as much a part
of our community as any astronomers alive today.
Of course, there's an elephant in the room here: Most were white and male.
Our community today sorely needs to better reflect the diversity we see in society
by more successfully welcoming people of all genders,
races, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds. Only then
will we truly be able to say we're in good company.
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