However, the example of Japan, which was a focus of global attention for results on last year's supernova explosion (and which leads the world in the concentration of amateur astronomers), is encouraging.
他以日本為例，日本在六十年代經濟起飛，廿年後，才開始在天文研究上嶄露頭角，但去年的超新星爆炸研究，日本的微中子偵測結果為全球矚目。而日本的業餘天文觀測人口密度也居世界之首。