Generating Global Interest in Night Sky and Astrophotography

17 December 2009

While TWAN exhibitions, workshops, and media contacts exposed many people to the beauties of the universal message of night sky, the project website displays an enlarging collection of over a thousand stunning images. From 2008 to the end of IYA2009 the website received about 4 million visits from 197 countries and territories including remote islands and bizarre locations such as the South Pole! TWAN attracted attention of photographers and amateur astronomers toward astrophotography and for the effort of reclaiming the night sky, the world's most prestigious award for scientific photography (Lennart Nilsson Award) was received by TWAN director and creator Babak Tafreshi in October 2009.

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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.