Spanish Senate joins IYA2009
2 October 2009
Madrid, Spain. 29 September 2009. To celebrate IYA2009, the Spanish Senate organised an astronomical multimedia show of music, images and dance entitled "Revising the Planets". The show rendered tribute to the night sky, the main protagonist of IYA2009. It was performed by the Atlantic Art Ensemble Band and had its premier on this special occasion.
After midnight, teachers and students of Universidad Complutense de Madrid performed an astronomical observation on the terrace of the Senate building. The images captured by a telescope provided with a video camera were projected onto a large screen in Plaza de la Marina Española, location of the Senate headquarters. The high-quality images could be observed by the general public, who followed the detailed explanations given by the observers. This activity was accompanied by jazz background live music performed by the Cantaloupe Jazz Quartet.
Pictures from the event: http://picasaweb.google.com/iya2009ucm/2009_09_Madrid_Senado#
The Spanish Senate recognises with this event the importance of the world-wide IYA2009 celebration": http://www.astronomia2009.es
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