"Blind astrologer" who sees the night sky that others can not see

The act of looking up at the night sky and looking at the stars is casual for the ordinary people, but sometimes the entire world can be seen for blind people. In the eyes of an amateur astronomer who has lost normal vision due to inborn obstacles, it seems that the world of the star can not be seen by ordinary people.

The Blind Astronomer of Nova Scotia - YouTube


Among the astronomers Tim Du Set, who appears in the movies in sunglasses, is. As I tell himself, "I am a legally blind person," Du Set is a person with visual disability.


What devices are operating in the hand ......


Apparently a huge astronomical telescope. Du Set which is blind, but "I can see the night sky more often than others, probably, like a beautiful night sky than you are seeing", normal vision It looks like the starry sky is visible differently from those who have.


Despite being blind, Du Set can also ride a bicycle. However, it seems that Mrs. Du Set's wife always attends.


Mr. Du Set,Congenital cataractBecause he was born with, he seems to have undergone surgery to remove the crystalline lens of the eyeball and spread the pupil as a child.


In the usual case, the size of the pupil changes depending on the circumstances, so we adjust the amount of light entering the eye ....


In Duset's case, since the pupil is always wide open, more light than necessary is entered in the eye.


Therefore, it seems that the visibility of Mr. Duset during the day will be blurred to near white. This is almost as bright as setting the digital camera setting too much and the picture was flying out in white, Duset's visual is about 10% of usual .


Although it is the eyes of such duet, it seems that it will be demonstrating unusual strengths at night.


It seems that many eyes that can not be seen by other people are shown in Duset's eyes that can capture more light than usual.


I invested my own expenses and set up an observatory on the hill near my house. I named it "Deep Sky Eye".


Mr. Duset received surgery to improve his vision in his teens and the night sky became dramatically beautiful. Fifteen years later, Mr. Duset seemed to recognize the wonder of its ability.


A small nebula that can only be seen vaguely when it is normal is also reflected vividly in Duset's eyes.


The appearance of "dust" drifting between the stars seems to be clear as Velvet curtains to Du Set and appears to be scattered with star diamonds on top of it.


My wife who lives together with Du Set. Actually his wife seems to be a legally blind man with disabilities visually.


My wife said that his eyesight is particularly weak in the dark. However, Mr. Du Set brought his wife well to the observatory ... ...


Together "observe" the starry sky. My wife says he can not see the night sky, but he talks about the world in which Du Set is visible, and his wife seems to listen to it.


When looking into the telescope and watching the starry sky it is said that blindness is no longer a big problem. The starlit sky will tell you that I am a member of the big universe.