International Year of Astronomy
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The International Year of Astronomy is a year-long celebration of astronomy, taking place in 2009 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo Galilei and the publication of Johannes Kepler's Astronomia nova in the 17th Century.
This topic page will be used to coordinate the creation of learning projects during the year.
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[edit] IYA2009 Cornerstone Projects
- 100 Hours Of Astronomy
- The Galileoscope
- Cosmic Diary
- The Portal to the Universe
- She is an Astronomer
- Dark Skies Awareness
- Astronomy and World Heritage
- Galileo Teacher Training Program
- Universe Awareness
- From Earth to the Universe
- Developing Astronomy Globally
[edit] Wikiversity projects
- Create multilingual resources on multiple wikimedia projects - see the coordination page at betawikiversity:International Year of Astronomy
- Wikinews - write an article announcing the IYA to coincide with the opening ceremony on Jan. 15-16, 2009 [1]
- Dark Skies - an opportunity for citizen-scientists to monitor w:light pollution worldwide [2] [3]
- 100 Hours of Astronomy (April 2-5, 2009) [10]
- Research Experiences for Students, Teachers and Citizen Science
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- Observe the eclipse of Epsilon Aurigae [11]
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[edit] See also
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- w:Sidereus Nuncius (1610) - Galileo's first observations through a telescope
