Farmer guy "transformed" star tour guide: Jilin County ushered in the "Star Chaser"

Photo by Yang Guanghui, the observatory of Qiu Haitao's work,

Chinanews.com Jilin, August 21 (Reporter Shi Hongyu) Under the cloudy night sky, 29 -year -old Qiu Haitao showed excellent eyesight: he quickly found the stars of "fleeting" in the gap between the clouds, and he could still say Out of its name or constellation.

As the autumn breeze gradually spread the clouds, the vast galaxy appeared in his vision of him and tourists. Qiu Haitao directed everyone to use the astronomical telescope correctly. When Jupiter, Saturn, and the moon appeared in the camera, the people at the scene made a sigh.

Photo by tourists on stargazing Yang Guanghui

"I believe most people will fall in love with the starry sky, just like when we were young." Qiu Haitao was a farmer in Hezi Township, Hengdao Hezi, Hengdao City, Jilin City, Jilin Province. The transformation "becomes a star tour guide, providing tourists with stars guiding services and science astronomy common sense in farming.

Qiu Haitao said that his hometown has unique starry sky resources: small pollution and pure air. Due to the high terrain, it often feels like "hand can pick stars" in winter.

In fact, the local stargazing fever also has human factors: Jilin City's "Star Culture" is rich, and the only public meteorite museum in China, Jilin Museum, collects 1770 kg of "Jilin No. 1" meteorite, and some of them come from the United States and Russia. Thousands of meteorite specimens in countries and regions.

Visitors experience space clothes Yang Guanghui Photo

Qiu Haitao introduced his hometown to his comrades when he served in the army: "It is a enjoyment after watching the stars after doing it." After retiring in 2016, he returned to his hometown to work.

At that time, Qiu Haitao found that the starry sky could still bring infinite happiness to himself. He introduced to the children in the village that the positions of the stars will change in different seasons, and finding them is a kind of interest.

During the leisure of farming, Qiu Haitao will work in a resort in the township. He found that many donkey friends and self -driving tourists went to the resort to see the starry sky. When the resort saw business opportunities, it was decided to invest in the construction of the Astronomical Museum and Star Guanzai.

Qiu Haitao is happy to learn. He found a professional book to read, and searched from the Internet, and finally accurately grasped the position and operation of the celestial body and became a star tour guide.

Photo by Yang Guanghui, where Qiu Haitao is located

The rise of self -driving tour and camping has given Qiu Haitao's professional knowledge on a broad stage. Putting on, calibrated, star -seeking, focusing, observation ... astronomical telescope became a new tool in his hands.

Qiu Haitao will also take tourists to visit the Astronomical Museum. The stories of "China Aerospace" and "The Sun and his eight friends" are his favorite materials. "Turning the interest of stargazing into a career, I am willing to lead more people to know the starry sky in our observatory and the lens." (End)

Source: China News Network

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