IYA2009 Updates

28 May 2010

South African Astronomical Observatory has been selected as host for the IAU Office for Astronomy Development
The Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has selected the SAAO, a national facility of the South African National Research Foundation (NRF), to host the IAU Office for Astronomy Development (OAD). The Office is the key component of the decadal global strategy plan, Astronomy for the Developing World, launched at the 2009 IAU General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is aimed at using astronomy to foster education and capacity building throughout the world. Read more here: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iya1003/

New Stellarium Version released
This release brings some exciting new features. Stellarium now ships with plug-ins for predicting the positions of artificial satellites in Earth orbit, improved telescope control features, telescope eyepiece simulation (ocular) and more. Plug-ins can be enabled using the new plug-ins tab in the configuration dialogue.More information: http://www.stellarium.org/

Global Astronomy Month 2010: Inaugurating a New Annual Celebration of the Universe
Global Astronomy Month (GAM), a project of Astronomers Without Borders (AWB), has captured the energy of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) and refocused it as an ongoing annual celebration of the Universe. More information: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/929/

TWAN Newsletter: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/928/

3rd International Symposium for Dark-Sky Parks and 3rd International Dark-Sky Camp. More information: http://www.darkskyparks.org/

Call for Abstracts: JENAM2010 IYA2009 related Special Sessions

New Trends in Global Astronomy Education: http://www.jenam2010.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=77

Education and Outreach after the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Europe: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/906/

Amateur and professional astronomers in Europe: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/902/