Global Astronomy Month Newsletter

20 April 2010

This week at GAM

Lunar Week kicks off

World Night in Defense of the Starlight - lights off, stars out!

Walking on the Moon - observe the moon remotely

Lyrids Watch - catch the meteor shower

Across the Solar System - Tour the solar neighborhood remotely

Global Star Party - get ready for the biggest party of the year!

Lunar Week 17 – 23 April

A week dedicated to Earth’s companion – Moon.

How to join –
You can celebrate Lunar Week by holding Moon themed Star Parties, talks, exhibitions, etc… Check the Lunar Week page for more ideas.

Join remotely –
Walking on the Moon is a remote observing program for Lunar Week by Virtual Telescope. Join this event for free on 21 April 2010 19.30 UT

Tweetup –
Tweet your Lunar Week experience and share the joy with everyone. http://twitter.com/GAMLunarweek

You can also send in your Lunar Week images via Twitpic
http://twitpic.com/photos/GAMLunarweek

Register your events –
Don’t forget to register your Lunar Week events.

Other Announcements

GAM Picture of the Day
Have you got a great photo of your GAM event? Send it to gampod@gam-awb.org and we may choose it for the GAM Picture of the Day. Be sure to tell us who is in the photo, what's happening, where it is and when the photo was taken. And check out all the GAMPODs so far!

The GAM trailer -- 2-1/2 minutes of astronomy around the world accompanied by music -- is now available in Spanish and Romanian on the GAM Resources page.

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