[AstroNet] IYA2009 Updates

[Kevin Govender]

Dear friends,

Here are some IYA2009 updates from the last week.

*Galileoscopes now available
*The Galileoscope --- a high quality, easy-to-assemble and easy-to-use 
telescope at an unprecedentedly low price --- is now available to order.*
*https://www.galileoscope.org/

*Mark your calendar to take part in the 2009 GLOBE at Night campaign set 
for March 16 - 28, 2009
*Here is an opportunity for students, youths, and families to take part 
in a two week worldwide citizen science project to record night time 
light pollution across the world. One needs to merely go outside, look 
up, observe the stars from your location, and record your star observations.
http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/169/

*News round-up, 6 March 2009
*See what news sites and blogs have been saying about IYA2009.
http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/173/

*IYA2009-themed Physics World available for free*
The special March issue of Physics World can be downloaded for a short 
amount of time. It includes features on giant telescopes, Earth-like 
planets, and interviews with leading astronomers.
http://physicsworld.com/cws/download/si2009

*New The World at Night newsletter
*Keep up-to-date with this project.
http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/171/

*The World at Night on MSNBC.com*
Beautiful images from the IYA2009 project have been featured on MSNBC.com.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29470549/

*What do children think of the Universe?
*The Universe Awareness project wishes to make this an opportunity to 
share children's perceptions of the sky. Your help is needed to 
interview children aged between 4 and 10.
http://www.unawe.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=412:sharing-childrens-thoughts-about-the-universe&catid=218:calls-for-paricipation&Itemid=173 
<http://www.unawe.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=412:sharing-childrens-thoughts-about-the-universe&catid=218:calls-for-paricipation&Itemid=173>

*100HA: Hubble has a winner!*
The public has voted on where they want to aim their favourite space 
observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope. And the winner is -- drum roll, 
please -- a pair of close-knit galaxies that look like they are shaking 
hands -- or rather spiral arms.
http://youdecide.hubblesite.org/

If you need any assistance, remember that the Secretariat is always 
available for you.

Pedro, Mariana and Lee
IYA2009 Secretariat  

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Pedro Russo
International Year of Astronomy 2009 Coordinator
Editor-in-Chief CAPjournal
International Astronomical Union
e. prusso at eso.org  
p. +49 (0) 89 320 06 195
f. +49 (0) 89 320 06 703
w. www.astronomy2009.org / www.capjournal.org
a. IAU IYA2009 Secretariat
ESO education and Public Outreach Department
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
D-85748 Garching bei München
Germany

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