Beyond IYA2009 Updates

26 November 2010

Summary of International Year of Astronomy 2009 Released
The brochure, called the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Final Report Executive Summary, offers an overview of the many events that took place during the Year, as detailed in full in the 1450-page IYA2009 Final Report, which was released earlier this year. “Tens of thousands of events were held during IYA2009, but unfortunately there is only space in this Executive Summary to mention a small handful,” says Catherine Cesarsky, chair of the IYA2009 Working Group, and the IAU President for most of IYA2009. “We’ve included a diverse cross-section of events that are representative of the Year, but they should not be viewed as a ‘best of IYA2009’. We are grateful to everyone who took part in IYA2009 and we would like to say thank you to you all." The print-ready files and source files (Adobe InDesign file and images) are also available for IYA2009 stakeholders to adapt for use in their own reports.
The Executive Summary, print-ready files and source files are now available for download here:http://www.astronomy2009.org/summary/

Mexican IYA2009 SPoC, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, wins the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science
The L'Oréal-UNESCO prizes "For Women in Science" are awarded each year, successively in different fields of science, to five women scientists of the five
More information: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1099/
Congratulations Silvia!

Postcards from the Edge of the Universe: Book Review
Read the review by: Dave Reneke (News Editor: Astro-Space News; Writer/Publicist: Australasian Science Magazine): http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1098/

Book: Voyage to the Heart Of Matter
In this unique collaboration between CERN and renowned paper engineer Anton Radevsky, 7000 tonnes of metal, glass, plastic, cables and computer chips leap from the page in miniature pop up, to tell the story of CERN's quest to understand the birth of the universe.
More information: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1105/

Save the Dates: April 2011 is Global Astronomy Month
More information:http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1101/

Documentary: Mystery in the Sky
The documentary "Mystery in the Sky" about the Citizen Sky project was made so that many people may share in this experience. In this documentary the citizen scientists, project organizers and professional astronomers explain the importance of Citizen science and how amateur observations contribute to cutting edge scientific research.
More information: http://www.mysteryinthesky.com/

European Astronomical Society Newsletter
The December 2010 issue of the EAS Newsletter is available on the EAS Website: http://eas.unige.ch/newsletter/eas_newsletter-40.pdf
Includes reports from the JENAM2010 Astronomy EPO sessions (pages 11 -13).

Seasons without Borders 4: 21 December 2010
More information: http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/projects/seasons-without-borders/488.html

Cosmic Treasures: Online Observing Event with Virtual Telescope
Cosmic Treasures is an online event giving you a unique opportunity of experiencing Universe through the Virtual Telescope at Bellatrix Observatory in Italy.
More information: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1102/

John Dobson Inaugurates Living Legend Series: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1104/

World-map of Galileoscope distribution: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1109/

Kalpaneya Yatre - Journey of Imaginations: a 10-day astronomy festival
The festival will take place between 26 November - 5th December, 2010 in Bangalore, India. The festival is a collaboration between astrophysicists, artist-designers, science-educators, amateur astronomers and science communicators from Bangalore. More information: http://kalpaneyayatre.org/