[AANC Contacts] IYA2009 at Cal

[Kenneth Frank]

Happy IYA 2009 All,

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This from J. Diana Song <dianajsong at berkeley.edu> via Alan Gould <adgould at comcast.net>

Hello,

We thought that some of your membership would be interested in our events celebrating the 
International Year of Astronomy. Find the IYA2009 poster for our event this month here:
http://www.planitarium.net/aanc/calendar/iya09jan.jpg

If you could pass this information along or post it on your website to those would be 
interested, it would be appreciated. Below are some details regarding the event. If you 
have any questions, please contact Barbara Hoverstein: bhovers at astro.berkeley.edu or 
510-642-8678.

The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) is a global celebration of astronomy 
and its contribution to society and culture, emphasizing education, public participation, 
and the involvement of young people. The grand opening ceremony will be held Jan. 15 and 
16 in Paris at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 
Organization (UNESCO).

While hundreds are expected to attend the Paris event, including members of royal 
families, ministers, Nobel Laureates, scientists and students, many national and regional 
events also are scheduled.

UC Berkeley's Department of Astronomy joins the international celebration with talks on 
the science and history of astronomy on the third Saturday of each month, from 11 a.m. to 
12 noon, including two talks on April 18, UC Berkeley's annual CalDay open house. Next 
month's talk, scheduled for Feb. 21, is "Black Holes: Monsters Lurking at the Centers of 
Galaxies," by theoretician Eliot Quataert, professor of astronomy and physics. Upcoming 
topics include dark matter, dark energy, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, 
star birth and their explosive deaths, the solar system, and Galileo Galilei, who first 
turned a telescope on the heavens 400 years ago.

To kick off the celebration, UC Berkeley will be hosting a lecture, “The Search for 
Habitable Planets and Life in the Universe” in which Geoffrey Marcy, UC Berkeley professor 
of astronomy, director of the Center for Integrative Planetary Science, and the world’s 
foremost planet hunter, will be speaking. It will take lace this Saturday, January 17th at 
11 a.m in room 100 Genetics and Planet Biology Building UC Berkeley. The building is 
located in the northwest corner of the campus: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/AB23.html.

For a complete list of the year's talks and other UC Berkeley activities planned to 
celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, link to http://astro.berkeley.edu/iya/. For 
more information on IYA2009, link to http://www.astronomy2009.org/

Thank you,

University of California, Berkeley Astronomy Department