100 Hours of Astronomy Events

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100 Hours of Astronomy is a global astronomy event from 2 to 5 April when you can discover the Universe with the rest of the world! A project of the International Year of Astronomy, there are free public activities happening all around the world, and online right here.

100 Hours of Astronomy Events

2-5 April 2009

The 100 Hours of Astronomy IYA2009 Cornerstone Project is a four-day event designed to bring astronomy to the public around the world. Whether it’s a few hours on one day or a 100-hour marathon event, how groups choose to participate is up to them. Plans should fit the resources and enthusiasm that’s available. All activities and events during 100HA will bring astronomy to a new audience.

While groups worldwide will be planning their own events, 100 Hours of Astronomy has its own global events that organizations worldwide will take part in.

100 Hours of Astronomy Global Events:

* Opening Event: A VIP event at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia will feature one of Galileo's telescopes. The Director of the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence, which holds the two remaining Galileo telescopes, will speak on the importance of Galileo's telescopes and the discoveries he made with them.

* Live Science Centres Webcast: Select science centres will participate in a live webcast featuring discussions on current topics in astronomy on 2 April. Live observations will be made by visitors to select science centres using telescopes operated remotely over the Internet. Science centres worldwide will feature enhanced outreach programmes, many with the participation of amateur astronomy groups holding public observing sessions.

* Around the World in 80 Telescopes, 24-hour Research Observatory Webcasts: Astronomers at professional research observatories around the world will take viewers inside their telescope domes and control rooms during a live 24-hour webcast on 3 April.

* 24-hour Global Star Party: For 24 hours on 4 April, telescopes (including solar telescopes) will be made available for public viewing by astronomy clubs and observing groups free of charge. The goal is to allow as many people as possible to have a chance to look through a telescope.

* Sun Day: 5 April, sunrise local time and organised by the Solar Physics Task Group. We all owe our existence to our closest stellar neighbour, the Sun. Without it, all life on earth would perish. The last day of 100 Hours of Astronomy (Sunday) has been set aside to highlight and celebrate the Sun.

* 100 Hours of Remote Astronomy: For the entire 100 Hours of Astronomy (from 2-5 April), several observatories around the world are giving free access to their telescopes. You can sign up to control a telescope in real time and take pictures, or have them taken for you. No astronomical knowledge is needed, and there is no cost.

* 100HA Junior: This is a collaboration between 100 Hours of Astronomy and Universe Awareness (also an IYA global cornerstone project) to connect amateur and professional astronomers with young children around the world during (and perhaps after) 100 Hours of Astronomy.

* Galaxy Zoo: Here you can help astronomers explore the Universe just by the click of your mouse and all within the 100 Hours of Astronomy celebration. Help Galaxy Zoo make 1 million classification galaxy clicks in 100 hours.... the race is on

Thousands of Local Events are being planned by science facilities and astronomy enthusiasts around the world, including telescope observing sessions, lectures, exhibitions, special shows and more.

http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org

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