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ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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Introducing 12 easy ways to share the excitement of the International
Year of Astronomy (IYA) during 2009. Monthly IYA Discovery Guides are
internationally accessible and complete with articles, activities,
instructional videos, and finder charts.
The Night Sky Network, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, National
Science Foundation, NASA, and the IYA US committee have teamed up to
provide these great resources that support NASA's monthly themes and
featured celestial objects. Join skygazers worldwide in a renewed
appreciation of the universe. Download your free IYA Discovery Guides
here:
http://www.astrosociety.org/iya/guides.html
These guides are part of a fully searchable online database filled
with easy-to-use activities, loved by amateur astronomers and other
educators nationwide and proven to engage and inspire. Explain the
universe, from eclipses to black holes with simple models,
presentations, and hands-on demonstrations. See for yourself here:
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-search.cfm
We are excited to share these resources so please pass this
announcement on. You can even give your website visitors direct
access by placing a link on your website using this icon:
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=338
Let's get the world looking up!
Marni Berendsen, Vivian White, and Kenneth Frank
Night Sky Network Administrators
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
(415) 337-1100
Night Sky Network: http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/
The ASP is grateful for the support from NASA Science Mission
Directorate, Space Telescope Science Institute, the Origins Forum and
the National Science Foundation to make these Discovery Guides and
other ASP IYA activities possible. You can learn more about the ASP's
IYA activities and programs online at:
http://www.astrosociety.org/iya/
and the US IYA initiatives at:
http://astronomy2009.us/
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