IYA Closing Ceremony

As I write this the International Year of Astronomy closing ceremony is taking place. If you are quick you can catch some of the live webcast. Currently, Catherine Cesarsky is giving an overview of the year. One of the statistics is that 148 countries took part in the IYA2009. That sounds impressive but I hadn't quite realised how impressive that is. Catherine just showed a map of the world with participating countries shown in red. It is noticeable that Africa isn't as red as other continents.

World map
Countries (in red) that took part in the Year of Astronomy 2009 CREDIT: IAU/Catherine Cesarsky

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Posted in astro blog by Stuart on Saturday 09th Jan 2010 (14:42 GMT) | 3 Comments | Permalink

Comments: IYA Closing Ceremony

I want an IYA II. Here in the northeastern US, 2009 was one of the cloudiest and rainiest in memory and therefore one of the worst for astronomical observation.

Posted by Laurel Kornfeld on Monday 11th Jan 2010 (22:08 UTC)

The IYA2009 was such a great way to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileoâ™s historic observations of the heavens...nice looking blog.

Moriarte at www.astronomytrek.com

Posted by Moriarte on Friday 15th Jan 2010 (22:34 UTC)

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