International Year of Astronomy

The Universe, Yours to Discover

The International Year of Astronomy was a year-long celebration of astronomy, that took 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.

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

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]

GLOBE at Night (March 16 - 28, 2009) [4] [5]
Earth Hour - A Global Event on Climate Change (March 28, 2009) [6] [7] w:Earth Hour
The Great World Wide Star Count (October 9 - 23, 2009) [8] [9]

100 Hours of Astronomy (April 2-5, 2009) [10]
Research Experiences for Students, Teachers and Citizen Science

Observe the eclipse of Epsilon Aurigae [11]

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