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ricreis
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Reged: 09/18/08
Posts: 1
Loc: Porto, Portugal
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“Dawn of the IYA2009” is a global campaign of Sun observation, on the 1st of January 2009. Organised by Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Portugal and IYA2009 Solar Physics Group (SPG), the success of the activity depends entirely on your curiosity and interest in understanding a little bit more about the skies above.
We ask all professional and hobby astronomers with means to (safely) observe the Sun to join what will be the largest campaign of solar observation in the world, and show the world what our star is all about. You can set youself up in your own street, outside shopping centers, planetariums, city halls, public parks or worship sites.
The other (as important) goal of this activity is to work as a "teaser" for IYA2009, a first contact with the general public with the grand endeavour that will be the Internacional Year of Astronomy 2009.
For further information and registry, please check:
www.astronomy2009.org/dawn
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Ricardo Cardoso Reis
Outreach Unit
Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto
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mpai
journeyman
Reged: 09/18/08
Posts: 6
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Hello Ricardo,
We would be observing this day as several venues in the city of Ahmedabad, India. A group of students also plan to release 400 balloons with IYA2009 Logo at sunrise.
More later
Manoj
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Nightwise
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Reged: 11/30/08
Posts: 2
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Backing it up just a few hours, here's another way to launch the International Year of Astronomy. The Platisphere activity uses January 1, IYA2009, at midnight as a reference point for finding the positions of the north circumpolar stars throughout the year. It uses a paper plate akin to a planisphere, except all the answers aren't provided on the perimeter of a preprinted dial. See the Platisphere activity at
http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/Platisphere.htm.
By the way, as the ball drops at midnight, Sirius is nicely positioned in the south, and the Kids are high at midnight. That is, the young goats forming the isosceles triangle in the constellation of Auriga are nearly overhead.
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Matthew Ota
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Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 1096
Loc: New England
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On January 1st at around noon I will try to set up my solar telescope in the town square. However, it is quite cold and there is snow on the ground and in the street. I may not be able to get my truck out of the driveway to get my equipment to the park. I will see tomorrow....
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Matthew Ota
Meade LX250GPS 10 inch SCT (Frankenscope)
Orion ED 80
ETX-90 OTA
Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha
TheSky 6 Pro
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droid
rocketman
Reged: 08/29/04
Posts: 4036
Loc: ohio
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Backing it up just a few hours, here's another way to launch the International Year of Astronomy. The Platisphere activity uses January 1, IYA2009, at midnight as a reference point for finding the positions of the north circumpolar stars throughout the year. It uses a paper plate akin to a planisphere, except all the answers aren't provided on the perimeter of a preprinted dial. See the Platisphere activity at
http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/Platisphere.htm.
By the way, as the ball drops at midnight, Sirius is nicely positioned in the south, and the Kids are high at midnight. That is, the young goats forming the isosceles triangle in the constellation of Auriga are nearly overhead.
I could not get the link to work as is.......but after pasting it into my search bar then deleting the lone period on the end of the URL it works fine.
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1960 Edscorp Space Conquerer 6inch f/8
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Matthew Ota
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 1096
Loc: New England
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I am canceling my solar astronomy outreach for today. Although it is clear outside, the temperature is down to 7.2°F
Few if any people will be out in the town square today due to the extremely cold conditions.
Amateur Astronomy in New England in the winter is difficult when you do not have the money to build an observatory.
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Matthew Ota
Meade LX250GPS 10 inch SCT (Frankenscope)
Orion ED 80
ETX-90 OTA
Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha
TheSky 6 Pro
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Astrosetz
sage
Reged: 10/05/03
Posts: 338
Loc: Wisconsin
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We had to cancel ours too here in the Milwaukee area. It's snowing 
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-Astrosetz
www.astrosetz.com
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George N
professor emeritus
Reged: 05/19/06
Posts: 672
Loc: Binghamton & Indian Lake NY
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I am canceling my solar astronomy outreach for today. Although it is clear outside, the temperature is down to 7.2°F
Few if any people will be out in the town square today due to the extremely cold conditions.
Amateur Astronomy in New England in the winter is difficult when you do not have the money to build an observatory.
Well I “celebrated” the first day of IYA 2009 observing the sun thru my PST in my driveway. While the temp was all of the way up to about 18F, there was some wind. The sky was clear and very transparent, but the wind made the seeing come and go. Nevertheless, I was still able to see one very nice prominence, another smaller one, and one small dark filament.
Winter in the Northeast is mostly a time of ‘armchair astronomy’. I’ve taken thousands of CCD images since starting out in 1993, but I’ve yet to take even one in January – and I do this activity in an observatory. Winter is why folks here have ‘grab-n-go’ telescopes!
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George N
Obsession 20
Optical Guidance Systems 10" F/9 R-C Cass
6" F/5 & 8" F/8 home-made Newts
MI-250 mount
SBIG STL-1301E CCD
Member, International Dark-Sky Association
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Matthew Ota
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 1096
Loc: New England
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I realize that I cannot get out so it is armchair astronomy time. I went from 1977 to 1997 as an armchair astronomer with no telescope. I have to find indoor activities or the cabin fever will drive me nuts.
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Matthew Ota
Meade LX250GPS 10 inch SCT (Frankenscope)
Orion ED 80
ETX-90 OTA
Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha
TheSky 6 Pro
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