France

Single Point of Contact

Prof. Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Vice-President of CNFA (French NCA)
Univ. P. & M. Curie (Paris VI)
CNRS Service d'Astronomie
Route des Gatines
BP 3
FR - 91371 Verrieres Buisson
France

Phone	+33 1 6447 4293 / + 33 1 6447 4266
Fax	+33 1 69 20 29 99
E-mail	aclr@aerov.jussieu.fr
Website	http://www.astronomy2009.fr/

Status Report in March 2008

Status Report to the IAU EC Working Group 2007

Highlights

100 Large conferences (contact person, Denis Burgarella)
January to December 2009
Thematic conferences given to a large audience by well known specialists all over the year and the country, with free entrance.
http://www.oamp.fr/people/burgarella/denis/100Confs_Eng.html

100 hours of astronomy (contact person Jean-Paul Zahn)
2 - 5 April 2009
About 20 sites all over France, opened round-the-clock to the public, to observe the sky with amateur instruments; also talks on popular astronomy and live webcasts from major observatories.
http://lerma7.obspm.fr/IYA09/index.php?body=doc/100h.html

Astronomy Activities for Disabled People (contact person Régis Courtin)
From January to December 2009, and continuing after
Concerted effort to provide IYA2009 activities accessible for hearing or visually impaired people, physically or intellectually challenged people, as well as people in hospitals, retirement homes, or prisons.
http://ama09.obspm.fr/ama09/doc/AAPE_Activites.pdf

Galilean Nights, 22-25 October 2009 (contact person Jean-Eudes Arlot)
Six months after the "100 hours", the sky has changed and Jupiter is easily observable. The observations that Galileo Galilei made 400 years ago are proposed to the public from more than 60 sites including professional observatories.
http://www.imcce.fr/hosted_sites/ama09/nuitsgalileennes.html

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