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| Date
| Contact Person
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| Astronomy as a Cultural Heritage | Presentations and traveling exhibition | Austria | | Sonja Draxler
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| How Many Stars | Observation reports for the determination of present night sky visibility conditions | Austria | | Dr. Thomas Posch
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International Astronomy Olympiad in Brazil
| Try to organize the International Astronomy Olympiad in Brazil in 2009, as it has never been done in the Southern Hemisphere
| Brazil | | Dr. Augusto Damineli
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| Moons of Jupiter and small telescopes | Try to produce and distribute galilean refractors for the observation of the Moons of Jupiter
| Brazil | Aug 2009
| Dr. Augusto Damineli
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Event at the IAU GA
| Event during the IAU GA 2009 in Rio de Janeiro
| Brazil
| Aug 2009
| Dr. Dennis Crabtree
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| Galileo Did It | To make 1 million Canadians to look through a telescope | Canada | | Dr. Jim Hesser
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| Hands-On Experiences for Canadian Youths | | Canada | | Dr. Jim Hesser
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| Educational Posters (Canada) | Educational posters featuring Canadian astronomy | Canada | | Dr. Jim Hesser
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| Lecture Series (Canada) | National Lecture Series in Canada | Canada | | Dr. Jim Hesser
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| Promoting Appreciation for First Nations & Inuit Traditions | | Canada | | Dr. Jim Hesser
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| Symphony and art events (Canada) | Symphony and art events with astronomical themes | Canada | | Dr. Jim Hesser
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| Canadian Astronomy DVD | | Canada | | Dr. Jim Hesser
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| Astronomy- themed stamps | Series of astronomy-themed stamps in Canada | Canada | | Dr. Jim Hesser
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| Coin by Canadian mint | | Canada | | Dr. Jim Hesser
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| Public Conferences in Chile | | Chile | | Dr. Andreas Reisenegger
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| Solar System scale model (Chile) | Solar System scale model for public parks | Chile | | Dr. Andreas Reisenegger
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| Street Names | Promote astronomical names for streets and public places in Chile | Chile | | Dr. Andreas Reisenegger
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| Statues and Sundials | To place astronomers statues and sundials at public locations | Chile | | Dr. Andreas Reisenegger
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| Helsinki Metro as a Solar System Model | Interdisciplinary porject between science and arts | Finland | | Dr. Tapio Markkanen
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| Astronomy at the Telescope 1609-2009 | Conference that will stress the discoveries made via telescopic observations (starting with Galileo) | Hawaii | 1-4 Jan, 2009 | Dr. Russell M. Genet
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| Astronomy in the Italian Shopping Centres | To use the shopping malls in Italy to promote astronomy | Italy | | Dr. Leopoldo Benacchio
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| Faulkes Telescope irish Competition | For schools, graduate students, postdocs, staff | Ireland | | Dr. Michael Redfern
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| Irish Competition | All-Ireland science and technology competition | Ireland | | Dr. Michael Redfern
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| Symposia in Japan | - Solar Activity and Global Warming, Riken Nishina Center & National Institute for Polar Research (NIPR)
- Milky Way Symposium (for teachers and general public)
What is the Milky way? From chant to modern astronomy
- Many ideas are coming up…..(Solar System, etc.) | Japan | | Dr. Norio Kaifu
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| Light Down Campaign in Japan | "Take the Milky Way back for Children" | Japan | | Dr. Norio Kaifu
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| Star Week in Japan | Traditional Star Festival, Slow Life ("Candle Night", etc.) | Japan | | Dr. Norio Kaifu
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| Tanabata Star Festival in Japan | | Japan | | Dr. Norio Kaifu
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| Milky Way Watch Campaign in Japan | | Japan | | Dr. Norio Kaifu
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| Annual Star Festival in Japan | Annual Star Festival / Light Down Campaign in Ishigaki Island (NAOJ, Ishigaki City, Amateur Astronomers (NPO) | Japan | | Dr. Norio Kaifu
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| 4D2U - Four Dimensional Digital Universe | Planetarium / Museum / Education Program, Planetarium IYA cooperation program , ASJ Junior Session IYA Campaign | Japan | | Dr. Norio Kaifu
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Astro-Fest
| Stargazing, lectures, concerts, 400th telescope fest, exhibition tour of telescopes, school for teachers, distribution of materials
| South Korea
| | Dr. Young-Soo Kim
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Solar System Marathon
| 5km, 10km, 20km (return)
| South Korea
| | Dr. Young-Soo Kim
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Star Gazing in a City
| Pusan City. Stargazing in the beach
| South Korea
| | Dr. Young-Soo Kim
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| History of Astronomy | To explore the connection of Portuguese discoveries and astronomy; to fill some lack of translated fundamental astronomy books of reference | Portugal | | Dr. António Pedrosa
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| Summer Astronomy in Portugal | People are invited to observe the Sun and Night Sky. Involves hundreds of sesions, using small telescopes and observatories | Portugal | | Dr. António Pedrosa
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| Astronomy Day in Romania | | Romania | | Dr. Magda Stavinschi
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| Open Doors | | Romania | | Dr. Magda Stavinschi
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| Olympiads of Astronomy in Romania | | Romania | | Dr. Magda Stavinschi
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| Stamps in Romania | | Romania | | Dr. Magda Stavinschi
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Moon Week 2009, Thomas Harriot's celebrations
| Observe the Moon and Saturn, coincide with the 400th anniversary of Thomas Harriott observations of the Moon in July 1609, events at Syon House.
[Thomas Harriot's (c. 1560 – July 2, 1621) observations of August 1609 and subsequently may have been the first uses of telescopes for astronomy] | UK | Jul 2009 | Prof. Ian Robson
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| A telescope in every secondary school | Ambitious and complex | UK | | Prof. Ian Robson
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| Card Telescopes for museums/ planetaria/ VCs | | UK | | Prof. Ian Robson
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| Magazines andcartoons for children | | UK | | Prof. Ian Robson
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| Looking through a telescope | Star parties, sidewalk astronomy, mobile telescope vans, binocular experiences, remote telescopes, observing with a spacecraft | USA | | Doug Isbell
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| Arts, Entertainment and Storytelling | Documentaries, Hollywood Productions, Marketing opportunities, native cultures, public lectures, Galileo impersonators | USA | | Doug Isbell
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| Research experiences for students, teachers, and citizen-scientists | Observing at telescopes, remote observing and image processing, data mining, work with members of NASA/ESA science teams, coordinated ground-space- amateur observing | USA | | Doug Isbell
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| Telescope building and Optics Challenges | "Telescope amnesty", new telescope kits, Hands-On Optics, Contests and Science Festivals, Internships with big telescope projects | USA | | Doug Isbell
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| Sharing the Universe Through New Technology | Planetaria, Science Centers, Blogging, Podcasting, YouTube-type portals for self-made videos, Videoconferencing, RSS news feed, real -time web counter of IYA participation | USA | | Doug Isbell
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| Children of the Night | Documentary | USA | | Angela Christian
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| The Quest to See Infinity: 400th Anniversary of the Telescope | TV program, documentary | USA | | Richard Hudson
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| 400 Years of the Telescope | TV program entitled "400 Years of the Telescope: A Journey of Science, Technology, and Thought" | USA | | Kris Koenig
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| Galileo's Legacy Meeting | Galileo's Legacy Meeting in Hawaii, 31 Dec 2008 - 05 Jan 2009 | USA | | Russ Genet
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