6th post International Year of Astronomy

http://www.astronomy2009.org/general/
author: none
aricle title: IYA2009 General
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/skytel/beyondthepage/34745114.html
author: Editors of Sky & Telescope
aricle title: International Year of Astronomy 2009
date: oct 20th 2009

This atricle is about what the international year of astronomy is. It also talks about information you need to know about it. It tells you what people do durning the International Year of Astronomy.

Its called the International Year of Astronomy because it is to commemorate the
400th anniversary of Galileo's first celestial observations using a telescope. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the U.N. General Assembly are all sponsoring it. Over 100 countries are participating in it. People will be In this event, people will take there telescopes and point them at the same celestial wonders galilo pointed to 400 years ago durning the Galilean nights.


I believe the International Year Of Astronomy is really interesting. Space has a great impact on our earth and Galileo showed us that. Im not really that into space and telescopes. But this is really interesting.