100 Hours of Astronomy Update

26 March 2009

NEW - Sky maps  for April 2009  form Skymaps.com
April 2009 sky maps are now available for the 100 Hours of Astronomy events.  Sky maps are for the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, and Equatorial Regions.
Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), French, Portuguese, and Turkish languages. Free to copy and distribute to the public at 100HA or IYA events worldwide. Download from
http://Skymaps.com/downloads.html


NEW 100HA Partner - Yuri's Night - April 4-12 in 2009
We welcome our new partner Yuri's Night. This is a worldwide annual celebration of humanity's achievements in space. Traditionally held on April 12th, the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first manned launch and the launch of the first space shuttle, Yuri's Night is being held from April 4-12 in 2009 to provide a wider variety of event opportunities. Yuri's Night events can range from stargazing nights to academic poster presentations to all-night dance fests--and sometimes all three! Over 50 countries hosted nearly 200 Yuri's Night events last year, including celebrations at the NASA Ames Research Center, Russia, and the South Pole. Yuri's Night is extremely proud to be working with the 100 Hours of Astronomy to increase participation in astronomical fields and awareness of astronomy and outer space. For more information on Yuri's Night, visit www.yurisnight.net  

'How to Register your event'  new translation. A big thank you to Nazar Sallam from Emirates Mobile Observatory http://www.falakuae.com:8o/  for working hard on our newest translation, 'How to Register' your 100HA event document.  We now have a Arabic version. It is available for download here http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/eventsmain   

Opening Event and Science Centre  Live Webcasts - Start Times updated. The 100HA Opening Event start time has been revised - 2 April 2009, 11.00 EST (16.00UT) The science centre webcast start time has been updated and revised.  -  1.00pm EDT (17:00 UTC)
These webcasts will be hosted by the Franklin Institute on the occasion of the opening of their special exhibition, "Galileo" which features the original Galileo telescope.   Further details on both these events can be found on the 100HA Program Page http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/program      

Organisational Associates:
ESO AAS INSU CAS STRW NOVA STFC SCNAT SPA NRC MEC CNES DLR ESA JAXA NAOJ APL PS ESF ISRO ICRAN NLSI NOT U Cluster NASAEAS ASI NRAO CEA  KASI EAE SPA AUI CROSCI


The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science.