ʻO ka Milky Way e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia mai Pitcairn kahi manawa i ka mālama ʻana i ke ola no kekahi mau mākaʻikaʻi liʻiliʻi e kapa nei iā lākou iho ʻo Astro Tourists. ʻAʻole palena ka lani i ka pō ma nā mokupuni mamao ʻo Pitcairn. Ke hoʻokau hou nei nā mokupuni o ka Pākīpika iā lākou iho i ke kahua o ka honua i ko lākou hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi huakaʻi e lilo i luna 'Dark Sky Sanctuary'. I kēia manawa, ʻekolu wale nō mau wahi ma ka honua i manaʻo ʻia he 'Dark Sky Sanctuary' - kahi inoa i kuhikuhi ʻia i nā mea āpau i ka honua o Astro Tourism.
ʻO nā mokupuni ʻo Pitcairn, ʻo Pitcairn, ʻo Henderson, ʻo Ducie a me nā mokupuni ʻo Oeno, kahi hui o nā mokupuni lua pele ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka Moana Pākīpika e hoʻokumu i ka Teritori British Overseas i ka Pakipika Hema.
ʻO nā mokupuni ʻehā - pono ʻo Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, a me Oeno - ua heleleʻi ʻia i mau mile he mau haneli o ke kai a he ʻāpana ʻāina hui lākou ma kahi o 47 mau kilomika pā (18 sq mi) ʻO Henderson Island ka helu no 86% o ka ʻāpana ʻāina, akā ʻo Pitcairn Island wale nō kahi e noho ʻia.
ʻO Pitcairn ka mana aupuni nui loa ma ka honua. ʻO ka lāhui Pitcairn he lāhui lāhui ʻelua lāhui i iho mai ka hapanui mai ka ʻeiwa keu loa nā kipi a me ka piha lima o ka poʻe Tahiti i hele pū me lākou, kahi hanana i haʻi hou ʻia i nā puke a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni he nui. ʻIke ʻia kēia mōʻaukala i ka inoa ʻohana o ka hapa nui o ko ka Mokupuni. I kēia lā aia wale nō ma kahi o 50 mau kamaʻāina mau, mai nā ʻohana nui ʻehā.
Mai nā hui nui ʻana o ka lā a puni ka lā i nā hale hōʻikeʻike kiʻi ʻo Northern Lights, ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa he ʻoihana ulu nui ʻo Astro. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Astro Tourism ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi ʻoihana ma waena o nā mea huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi like ʻole. No kēia mau kumu a me nā mea hou aʻe, ke pālua nei ʻo Pitcairn ma Astro Tourism ma ke noi ʻana e lilo i 'Dark Sky Sanctuary' ma 2018.
He mea ikaika ka noi a Pitcairn e ʻike pono ai ʻaʻole kēia ka inoa mālama mālama mua i ʻimi ʻia e nā mokupuni. I ka makahiki 2015, ua kapa aku ke Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa i nā wai e pili ana i nā mokupuni ʻo Pitcairn ma ke ʻano kai ākea i pale ʻia ma ka honua. I kēia lā ke koe nei ia ma kahi o ka ʻĀina Kikowaena ʻĀkau nui loa ʻekolu ma ka honua ʻO kā Pitcairn kūpaʻa paʻa i ka mālama ʻana e hōʻoia i ka waiwai mau o nā waiwai kūlohelohe no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. Aia ma kahi o 3kms mai kona hoanoho kokoke loa, hohonu i ka Pākīpika Hema, aia nā mokupuni ʻo Pitcairn ma waena o ka moana a me ka lani o ka honua i ka honua. Eia kekahi, me ka heluna kanaka he 500 wale nō, a me kahi ʻano lua pele e hāʻawi nei i nā ʻano wahi keu nui, hoʻonoho maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Pitcairn e hālāwai me nā pono kikoʻī o Astro Tourism.
Ma ke ʻano he ʻanuʻu mua i loko o ka honua Astro Tourism, ua kono ʻo Pitcairn iā Emeritus Professor of Astronomy ma ke Kulanui o Canterbury, ʻo John Hearnshaw, e kipa aku i nā mokupuni ma Pepeluali 2018. ʻO kāna kuleana e nānā i ke kūpono o ka mokupuni no Astro Tourism ʻoiai. pili i ke aʻo ʻana o nā alakaʻi lani-lani, ka mākaʻikaʻi wahi, a me ka ana ʻana o ka malamalama. ʻO nā kumuhana hoʻomaʻamaʻa me kā Pitcairn budding Astro alakaʻi e hoʻopili i ka ʻike ma nā hoku, nā hōkū, nā nebula a me nā galaxies, nā mahina a me nā lā pōkole lā, ka mālama manawa ʻana i ka hōkū, nā lua ʻeleʻele, nā quasars a me nā cosmology
Me nā wahi i ʻike ʻia a hoʻomaʻamaʻa no nā alakaʻi kūloko e hoʻomaka ana i Pepeluali 2018, ʻo Pitcairn ka hana hou aʻe e noi ai no kāna 'Dark Sky Sanctuary' inoa. Inā hāʻawi ʻia i kēia hanohano hanohano, e hui pū ʻo Pitcairn i nā kūlana o ʻekolu mau keʻena kapu e noho nei ma ka honua e like me nā wahi mamao o Chile, New Zealand, a me New Mexico.
Ke hoʻolaha nei, hoʻolaha ʻo Pitcairn Travel Coordinator, ʻo Heather Menzies, "he pūkaʻina ʻeleʻele kupaianaha kā Pitcairn. I kūlike me kā mākou kūpaʻa i ka pale ʻana i ko mākou kaiapuni, makemake mākou e mālama i kahi ʻike lani i ka lani i ka honua ma Pitcairn. ʻOiai he mokupuni mamao a mamao ia, e hāʻawi ana kā mākou amphitheater kūlohelohe i wahi kūpono no nā malihini Astro wiwo ʻole. "
Aia ma waena o Nūhōlani a me Peru, aia ʻo Pitcairn kahi home o nā mamo o ka HMAV Bounty mutineers mai 1790 a noho mau kekahi o nā wahi huakaʻi mamao loa a ʻike ʻole ʻia hoʻi ma ka honua. Hāʻawi kēia manawa hou i nā malihini kipa me kekahi kumu koi e kipa aku i kēia wahi hoihoi a mamao loa.
ʻO ke komo ʻana i Pitcairn ma o ka lawelawe moku hoʻouna hapahā e hāʻawi nei i nā huakaʻi he 12 i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma waena o Mangareva ma French Polynesia a me Pitcairn Island.
