I’m sure not many people outside of the “space” world are aware of this but 2009 is officially the International Year of Astronomy! What does this mean? Will it be as popular as 2008’s International Year of the Potato?
Well, we are very excited about IYA2009 (it’s nickname). There are lots and lots of great events and websites around at the moment, the best place to find out what is happening near you is http://www.astronomy2009.co.uk/ for those in the UK.
The international site http://www.astronomy2009.org/ is also worth a look to see what is happening around the world and find your countries IYA site.
We Are Astronomers is an official IYA project and will be launching across the UK 23 May 2009.
We have moved from the default wordpress theme and are starting to give the site it’s own look and feel, let the tweaking begin. The little people you see at the top are just one of the styles of animation used in the final show, the target audience is everyone on planet earth, hopefully everyone will enjoy it! There are going to be realistic looking scenes, data visualisation, characters, rides and reflection and lots of other exciting, immersive sequences, we’ll let you know what subjects the final show covers leading up to launch.
We were out and about this weekend asking questions, trying to get an idea of what people know about astronomers. It was a lot of fun and we got some great responses, we hope to get a few clips online soon to share. We are also planning on taking video responses via YouTube and if we like what you say then you might get in the finished film!
More to follow on that later, thanks again to all who stopped and chatted with us on Saturday.
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Couldn’t let today pass without wishing Galileo a very happy birthday!
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Hello This website will be launching soon to tell you more about the new Fulldome film We Are Astronomers and how you can get involved. Watch this space!
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