For national IYA2009 matters, please contact your National Node Chair/Single Point of Contact (see below). For other matters regarding the organisation of the IYA Single Points of Contacts, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

In case the SPoC changes: the original SPoC should inform the IAU NCA (National Committe for Astronomy), who informs the SPoC Coordinator (by sending an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ). The SPoC Coordinator will then inform the IAU WG and the IYA Secretariat.

We encourage the National Nodes to reserve and use the web URL http://www.astronomy2009.xx/ where xx = country domain.

List of National Nodes

A complete list of National Nodes is available here.

Individual pages can be accessed by region, following the links below. Please choose the region of your interest:

• Africa
  Americas (North, Central, South)
  Asia & Pacific
  Europe
  Middle East

In the map below the countries marked in yellow are the ones that already have a Single Point of Contact. There are 115 National Nodes and 111 participating countries.