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100 Hours of Astronomy Webcast Underway

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the unabashed-eye-candy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As part of the International Year of Astronomy, the live video webcast Around the World in 80 Telescopes is taking place now, with fascinating live linkups with the world's leading observatories. The schedule for the webcast is available as a PDF and the recorded videos are available via the 100 hours of astronomy page"

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  1. Re:Year of Astronomy... by ajs · · Score: 3, Informative

    150 years since the publication of OoS just doesn't seem all that interesting to me. 400 years is a much rounder number.

    In the year 2009, the world will celebrate the International Year of Astronomy as it commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileoâ(TM)s use of a telescope to study the skies, and Keplerâ(TM)s publication of Astronomia Nova. 2009 is also the anniversary of many other historic events in science, including Huygenâ(TM)s 1659 publication of Systema Saturnium.This will be modern astronomyâ(TM)s quadricentennial, and the 2009 Year of Astronomy will be an international celebration of numerous astronomical and scientific milestones.

    -- http://astronomy2009.us/