StarPeace Newsletter

27 October 2009

StarPeace Newsletter; October 27, 2009

New feature on StarPeace website

Music of the Heavens
Have you heard StarPeace Song?! The song is named "Stars In The Sky" and it has been written and performed by Patty Rayfield and Starchild the Rock Opera. Read more about it here: http://www.starpeace.org/En/News/44/Default.aspx
The song is uploaded on Multimedia page: http://www.starpeace.org/En/Multimedia/Default.aspx#StarsInTheSkies

StarPeace events around the world

World Astronomers Gathered under the Sky of Iran
3rd International Olympiad of Astronomy and Astrophysics held in Tehran, Iran on October 17-26. During the night of October 24 StarPeace arranged a star party for students and leaders from 20 countries.
http://www.starpeace.org/En/News/49/Default.aspx
Memorable Peace Line across the World
For another time StarPeace clubs drew a memorable peaceful line across the world. From New Zealand to China, Philippines, Maldives, Nepal, India, Iran, Iraq and Brazil amateur astronomers united to show peace between them on the International Day of Peace, September 22: http://www.starpeace.org/En/News/46/Default.aspx
Indo-Bangladesh StarPeace
On the evening of July 21, amateur astronomers from two neighboring countries, India and Bangladesh hold their first joint star party on the Ground Zero between two countries which share over 4000 km of closed high security, heavily fenced, strictly guarded border: http://www.starpeace.org/En/News/41/Default.aspx
Candle Lights under Star Lights
On June 5, World Environmental Day, StarPeace colleagues from Brazil to Uruguay, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal and New Zealand, broke the artificial Earth borders: http://www.starpeace.org/En/News/38/Default.aspx

StarPeace has participants from all continents except Antarctica! To check StarPeace clubs on 6 continents go to http://www.starpeace.org/En/Clubs/Default.aspx

Latest StarPeace news around the world

Total Solar Eclipse in China
A group of amateur astronomers from StarPeace core team went to Shanghai Sculpture Park, China for the Solar Eclipse July 22. Although the weather became cloudy and rainy during the total eclipse, they organized a StarPeace gathering under the shadow of the Moon.
StarPeace in IAU XXVII General Assembly
During IAU General Assembly StarPeace project was well presented in two different sessions by Mariana Barrosa, IYA Coordination Assistant and Marcelo Souza, StarPeace ambassador in Brazil: http://www.starpeace.org/En/News/43/Default.aspx
Sufi International Competition in Iran
Every Year in September Iranian veteran amateur astronomers gathered to observe the sky during one night together. The star party is named Sufi Competition in the memory of Azophi, the Persian astronomer. The observing competition is International and astronomers from all over the world could participate. This year Iran Astronomical Society held Sufi International Competition in cooperation with Sky Peace NGO who is the main organizer of StarPeace project on August 17-20 under the dark sky of Pasargadae, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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