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<td>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:23:18 +0100</td>
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<td>Pedro Russo <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:prusso@eso.org"><prusso@eso.org></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear friends,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Here are some IYA2009 updates
from the last
week.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Grants
available for IYA2009 projects in Developing Countries<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">The IAU and UNESCO are pleased to
announce a call
for grants proposals for IYA2009 projects and activities. If you think
you
could benefit from these, then be sure to find out more by going to <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.developingastronomy.org/activities.php">http://www.developingastronomy.org/activities.php</a><b
style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">100
hours of Astronomy, 13 days to go!!</span></b><br>
<span lang="EN-GB">100 Hours of Astronomy is
around the corner. We would like to call
you attention to one of the highest profile activities during the “100
Hours of Astronomy” : “Around the world in 80 telescopes”, a live
24-hour broadcast from the largest and most advanced telescopes in the
world taking place from 3 April 09:00 UT to 4 April 09:00 UT. We
strongly encourage you to contact your partners, science centres,
planetaria, bloggers, web media, broadcasters and press to let them
know about this event and motivate them to show this program to as many
people as possible.<br>
But don't forget all the other events: Opening Event, Live Sceince
Centers Webcats, 24-hour Global Star Party and Sun Day!</span><span
lang="EN-GB"><br>
Stay tuned in the 100 Hours of Astronomy website:<span style=""> </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org">www.100hoursofastronomy.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">IYA2009
logo has been blasted off into space! <br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">On 15 March, the Space Shuttle Discovery
launched
toward the International Space Station. On board was Japanese astronaut
and
IYA2009 supporter Koichi Wakata. He took with him a special Official
Flight Kit
prepared by the IYA2009 Japan Committee, proudly displaying the IYA2009
logo.
The kit will be brought back to Earth, and displayed in Japan this
autumn. For
more information, please visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.astronomy2009.jp/%20">http://www.astronomy2009.jp/</a>
(Japanese) and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://cosmicdiary.org/blogs/jaxa/seiichi_sakamoto/?p=254%20">http://cosmicdiary.org/blogs/jaxa/seiichi_sakamoto/?p=254</a>
(English).<b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Star
Walk: astronomy for everybody<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Astronomy software for Apple iPhones are
being
endorsed by IYA2009. Learn more about Star Walk here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.astronomy2009.org/resources/products/starwalk/">http://www.astronomy2009.org/resources/products/starwalk/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Hawaiian
Starlight - exploring the Universe from Mauna Kea<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">For the International Year of Astronomy
2009, the
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) is releasing a DVD movie about
astronomy
from Mauna Kea. Click for more information: </span><span
class="Apple-style-span"
style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/iya09.html"
target="_blank" class="extlink"
style="color: rgb(45, 109, 180); text-decoration: none; background-image: url(http://www.astronomy2009.org/static/images/extlink-blue.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; padding-left: 12px; margin-left: 5px; background-position: 0% 50%;">http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/iya09.html </a>
and</span><span lang="EN-GB"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/dvd/">http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/dvd/
<br>
</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">NASA
celebrates Sun-Earth Day with illuminating webcast<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">NASA scientists will reveal new
information and
images about our Sun and its influence on Earth and the Solar System
for
Sun-Earth Day, recognised each year in conjunction with the spring
equinox. The
highlight of this year's celebration is a webcast for students and
teachers
around the world, beginning at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT), Friday, 20
March. For
more, go to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2009/index.php">http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2009/index.php</a>.
For streaming TV go to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html">http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html</a><b
style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">ESO
Messenger: ESO and the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Opening
Ceremony<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">The European Southern Observatory’s
contributions
to the International Year of Astronomy 2009 and the Opening Ceremony,
held in
Paris in January 2009, are summarised in the latest ESO Messenger: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.135-mar09/messenger-no135-54.pdf">http://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.135-mar09/messenger-no135-54.pdf</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Getting
astronomers involved in IYA2009: Astronomer in the Classroom Program<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">The University of Hawaii Institution for
Astronomy
and Interstellar Studios will be facilitating the exciting new IYA2009
educational program, Astronomer in the Classroom, starting next month.
They
need astronomers interested in volunteering three hours for this worthy
activity. Could this be you? <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.astronomerintheclassroom.org/">http://www.astronomerintheclassroom.org/</a><b
style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Special
telescope package and online seminar now available<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">IYA2009 is attracting more people to
invest in
telescopes to observe the heavens. But buying an instrument is one
thing...
using it can be quite another! Fortunately, the
"Astronomie-Startpaket" is available on Amazon's German site, giving
a complete package for budding amateur astronomers. To learn more,
please
visit: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001QUBOY4/baaderplanet-21/">http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001QUBOY4/baaderplanet-21/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Silicon
Valley astronomy lectures IYA2009 event draws almost 900 people to talk
at
Foothill College<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Wednesday, March 4th, over 850 people
attended one
of the public IYA2009 events planned at Foothill College (near San
Francisco),
as part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures, which is this year
celebrating
its 10th anniversary of bringing free public lectures by noted
astronomers to a
wide public.<b style=""> </b>The series is jointly
sponsored by: the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the SETI
Institute,
NASA's Ames Research Center, and the Foothill College Astronomy Program.<b
style=""> </b>For more on the series, see: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.astrosociety.org/education/podcast/index.html">http://www.astrosociety.org/education/podcast/index.html</a><b
style=""> </b>and a number of past events are
available as podcasts.<span style=""> </span><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">DSA:
GLOBE at Night 2009: 16-28 March<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Once again, people around the world are
invited to
participate in a citizen-science programme to monitor local light
pollution. If
you would like to get involved, please visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.globe.gov/GaN/">http://www.globe.gov/GaN/</a><b
style=""><o:p></o:p></b></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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