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.
im 12, and today i watched We are astronomers, we were the first people to watch it at the Intech planetarium, i thought it was brilliant and it really inspired me!
Really happy that you enjoyed watching it, we really enjoyed making it!