Astronomy has long been a leisure activity in the West and Japan. But, says Li Tai-feng of the Academia Sinica, it is also a way for the soul of the stressed modern to find its own "space," and maybe to give someone a better perspective on the daily affairs of the world.
在歐美、日本，人們早已把天文觀測當做一種休閒活動，「現代人在忙碌急促的日常生活之餘，偶爾寄情星空，不但心靈上可稍有海闊天空的退路，對人世也能持較長遠、不功利的觀點」，中研院地球科學所副所長李太楓認為，星空可延伸人類的心靈空間。