International Year of Astronomy
IYA2009 Events
- 15-16 January 2009: "Opening Ceremony"
- 19-23 January 2009: “Role of astronomy in culture and society”
- 16-18 March 2009: GLOBE at Night 2009
- 2-5 April 2009: "100 Hours of Astronomy"
- 3 April to 23 October 2009: Every Friday: The Evenings of the "Observatoire de Paris"
- 19-23 April 2009: Space education workshop for secondary students and teachers (Syria)
- 10-11 March 2009: International Workshop and Expert Meeting on Starlight Reserves and World Heritage (Fuenteventura, Spain) (More)
- 25-27 March 2009: All-Russia Conference "Astronomy and Society" (More)
- 13-14 May 2009: International Space education workshop for secondary students and teachers (Ecuador)
- 14-16 May 2009: Pilot teacher-training in astronomy (Ecuador)
- 16-17 May 2009: "Star Party"
- 18-22 May 2009: International Space education workshop for secondary students and teachers (Peru)
- 20-22 May 2009: pilot teacher-training workshop in astronomy (Peru)
- 23 June - 22 november: "Cosmos" Exhibition
- 29 June–10 July 2009: “Univers invisible”
- 12-18 July 2009: Twelfth Marcel Grossmann Meeting
- 22 July 2009: 21st century longuest solar Eclipse (broadcast)
- 17-26 July 2009: International Youth Camp on Astronomy and World Heritage (More)
- 19-24 August 2009: International Conference: Astronomy and World Heritage: Across Time and Continents (More)
- 18-20 Sept. 2009: Astronomy Camp on the Megalithic Observatory of Kokino (More)
- 29-30 Sept. 2009: Astrophysics & Astrodynamics in the Balkan countries (More)
- 5-11 Oct. 2009: South Eastern European Practical School on Spectroscopy for Young Researchers (More)
- 22-24 Oct. 2009: Galilean Nights (More)
- 28-29 Oct. 2009: International workshop "Recent Insights into our Universe"
- 28 Sept. - 16 November 2009: "Gazing at the stars" (More)
- 1st week of December 2009: “Space and astronomy”
- 9-10 January 2010: "Astronomy, Beyond 2009" (More)
Galilean Nights: 22 - 24 October 2009
South Eastern European Practical School on Spectroscopy for Young Researchers
Astrophysics & Astrodynamics in the Balkan Countries
International symposium “Astronomy and its Instruments. Before and After Galileo”
Astronomy Camp on the Megalithic Observatory Site of Kokino
Second Iberoamerica Graduate School of Astrobiology: Origins from the Big Bang to Civilizations
21st Century longest solar eclipse
"Cosmos" - a journey to the ends of the Universe
12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting
The essential is invisible to our eyes
George Fitzgerald Smoot, Nobel laureat in physics
Dark Side of the Universe: Toward a New Cosmological Paradigm
The Rôle of Astronomy in Society and Culture
Press Conference: Launch of the International Year of Astronomy
Astronomy at the Crossroads of Science and Culture
Opening Ceremony: IYA2009
Catherine Cesarsky : This is the golden age of astronomy