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International Year of Astronomy 2009

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first astronomical observations with a telescope.  Join us in this world celebration!

NASA and the IYA 2009 Community have outlined theme topics for each month in 2009, and created activity guides for each monthly theme.  Click below for each month's activity guide. 

January Telescopes and Space Probes: Today’s Starry Messengers
February Our Solar System
March Observing at Night…and in the Day
April Galaxies and the Distant Universe
May Our Sun
June Clusters of Stars
July Black Holes
August Rocks and Ice in the Solar System
September Planets and Moons
October What is the Fate of the Universe?
November The Lives of Stars
December Discovering New Worlds

 

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