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<span lang="EN-GB">Dear friends,</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Here are some IYA2009 updates
from the last
week.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><b style="">Galileoscopes now
available<br>
</b>The Galileoscope — a high quality, easy-to-assemble and easy-to-use
telescope at an unprecedentedly low price — is now available to order.<b
style=""><br>
</b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.galileoscope.org/">https://www.galileoscope.org/</a><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Mark
your calendar to take part in the 2009 GLOBE at Night campaign set for
March 16
- 28, 2009<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">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.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/169/">http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/169/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">News
round-up, 6 March 2009<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">See what news sites and blogs have been
saying
about IYA2009.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/173/">http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/173/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">IYA2009-themed
Physics World available for free</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
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.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://physicsworld.com/cws/download/si2009">http://physicsworld.com/cws/download/si2009</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">New
The World at Night newsletter<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Keep up-to-date with this project.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/171/">http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/171/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">The
World at Night on MSNBC.com</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
Beautiful images from the IYA2009 project have been featured on
MSNBC.com.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29470549/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29470549/</a><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">What
do children think of the Universe? <br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">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.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="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</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">100HA:
Hubble has a winner!</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
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.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://youdecide.hubblesite.org/">http://youdecide.hubblesite.org/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">If you need any assistance,
remember that
the Secretariat is always available for you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Pedro, Mariana and Lee<br>
IYA2009 Secretariat <span style=""> </span></span></p>
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Pedro Russo
International Year of Astronomy 2009 Coordinator
Editor-in-Chief CAPjournal
International Astronomical Union
e. <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:prusso@eso.org">prusso@eso.org</a>
p. +49 (0) 89 320 06 195
f. +49 (0) 89 320 06 703
w. <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.astronomy2009.org">www.astronomy2009.org</a> / <a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.capjournal.org">www.capjournal.org</a>
a. IAU IYA2009 Secretariat
ESO education and Public Outreach Department
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
D-85748 Garching bei München
Germany
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