IYA2009 Updates

15 January 2010

*Cosmic Diary Closing Ceremony Live Blog*
http://cosmicdiary.org/closing_ceremony

*A new IYA2009 presentation is available: The International Year of Astronomy 2009 Slide Show.*
The variety of images, location and activities presented in the slides is intended to convey a feeling of the multicultural diversity that characterised IYA2009: http://www.astronomy2009.org/resources/presentations/detail/iya_slideshow/
The IYA2009 Secretariat welcomes more images and videos about all sort of events to be included in the presentation. Please use the following instructions to upload your photos to Flickr: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/465/.
If this is not possible, please send the image files per email to iya2009@eso.org, provide a link where we can download them or upload them to anonymous FTP: ftp://ftp.eso.org/incoming/iya2009 (you can't see the files but we can - let us know when they are there).
To accompany the slide show, you can play some of the IYA2009 music tracks, which you can find here: http://www.astronomy2009.org/resources/multimedia/audio/viewall/
To play an audio file through the whole presentation, read the following instructions: http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/keep_playing.html

*IYA2009 is looking for astro-numismatic-enthusiasts*
The IYA2009 Secretariat is looking for someone to help compiling a comprehensive list of numismatic releases during 2009, similar to the analogous list regarding the philatelic releases: http://www.astronomy2009.org/organisation/structure/taskgroups/philately/calendar/. If you are a astro-numismatic-enthusiast, please contact the IYA2009 Secretariat (iya2009@eso.org) and help the project to keep a long lasting legacy.

*Celebrating the fifth anniversary of Huygens’ Titan touchdown*
In the framework of IYA2009, ESA is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Huygens’ Titan touchdown.More information: http://www.titanexploration.net/

*Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010*
After the huge success of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009 the Royal Observatory Greenwich, U.K. have today opened entries to this year’s competition. More information: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year

*Cosmos in the Classroom 2010 and Making Connections in Education and Public Outreach: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/722/

*The World at Night Newsletter: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/721/