Galileo's sketches of the moon
The Universe, Yours to Discover
The International Year of Astronomy was a year-long celebration of astronomy, that took place in 2009 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo Galilei and the publication of Johannes Kepler's Astronomia nova in the 17th Century.
IYA2009 Cornerstone Projects
- 100 Hours Of Astronomy
- The Galileoscope
- Cosmic Diary
- The Portal to the Universe
- She is an Astronomer
- Dark Skies Awareness
- Astronomy and World Heritage
- Galileo Teacher Training Program
- Universe Awareness
- From Earth to the Universe
- Developing Astronomy Globally
Wikiversity projects
- Create multilingual resources on multiple wikimedia projects - see the coordination page at betawikiversity:International Year of Astronomy
- Wikinews - write an article announcing the IYA to coincide with the opening ceremony on Jan. 15-16, 2009
- Dark Skies - an opportunity for citizen-scientists to monitor w:light pollution worldwide
- GLOBE at Night (March 16 - 28, 2009)
- Earth Hour - A Global Event on Climate Change (March 28, 2009) w:Earth Hour
- The Great World Wide Star Count (October 9 - 23, 2009)
- 100 Hours of Astronomy (April 2-5, 2009)
- Research Experiences for Students, Teachers and Citizen Science
- Observe the eclipse of Epsilon Aurigae
- ...
See also
- w:Sidereus Nuncius (1610) - Galileo's first observations through a telescope
External links
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