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This is a 100-hour, round-the-clock, round-the-globe event, including live webcasts from research observatories, public observing events and other activities around the world. One of the key goals is to allow as many people as possible to look through a telescope, as Galileo first did 400 years ago. The 100 Hours of Astronomy will take place from 2-5 April. The Moon is at first quarter on 2 April, so it is at a good phase for early evening observing over this period.
This event consists of two parts:
- Live observatory webcasts, observing events and other activities connecting large observatories around the world, coordinated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
- A 100-hour "sidewalk" observing event to allow as many people as possible to look through a telescope, and see what Galileo saw, managed by Astronomers Without Borders (AWB).
Deliverables 1. Products i. Website (in collaboration with the main IYA2009 website) ii. Webcast (linking the professional telescopes around the world)(I) iii. Guide for Research Observatories participating in the webcast (I) iv. List of Amateur Astronomers groups (II) v. List of large observatories (II) vi. List of Science Centres (II/I) vii. List of Planetariums (II/I) vii. List of "Professional" and "Sidewalk" Events (What, Where, When) viii. Guide to Sidewalk Astronomy (Talks, exhibitions, hands-on-activities, open doors and list of sky objects to observe during the event, etc.) ix. Educational materials (II/I) x. Promotional material (II/I) 2. Events i. AWB Global Star Party (II) ii. Schools events (II) ii. Science Centres/Planetariums events (II) Task Group
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(UK, ESO) - Co-Chair
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(USA, AWB) - Co-Chair
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(Canada, Gemini Observatory)
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(Spain, Calar Alto)
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(UK, ROE)
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(Indonesia, Langitselatan) Manoj Pai (India) Scott Roberts (USA, Astronomy Outreach Network) Donna Smith (USA, Sidewalk Astronomers/ISAN)
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(USA, Association of Science-Technology Centers)
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