[AAA] Fwd: IAU Astronomy Outreach Newsletter #2 December 2019 | IAU100 Special: A Year in Review

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IAU Astronomy Outreach Newsletter #2 December 2019 | IAU100 Special: A Year
in Review
*From the Editors*

*Dear friends and colleagues, It’s the last issue of the IAU Astronomy
Outreach Newsletter of 2019! Of the 2010s! And our team cannot believe what
a fantastic journey we’ve been on. The IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach
(OAO) began at the outset of the decade on the tails of the fantastic
International Year of Astronomy in 2009. Now, ten years later, we’re
finishing up with another global year of celebration—that of the IAU’s
centennial.  This year has been particularly marked by many achievements as
well as changes for the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach. The IAU
Astronomy Translation Network (ATN)
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=4c8cc1c56e&e=dc17d81cba>
now has over 400 volunteer translators, representing 35 different
languages. We held the first  IAU Symposium on inclusion, equity and
diversity in all aspects of astronomy
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=8fdba98300&e=dc17d81cba>.
Our National Outreach Coordinators (NOCs) network
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has grown, and we are now offering dedicated grants for outreach projects
our coordinators wish to implement with a special focus on international
collaboration. Lastly, we published two issues of the Communicating
Astronomy with the Public (CAP) Journal
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=6370f41172&e=dc17d81cba>,
addressing major astronomical results announced this year. Internally, I
stepped into the role of International Outreach Coordinator while Izumi
Hansen entered my former position as Assistant Outreach Coordinator. We’d
like to thank Sze-Leung Cheung, former International Outreach Coordinator,
and Yukiko Shibata, former International Outreach Officer, for their hard
work and dedication to the office during the last five years. This year we
also welcomed to our team, our colleagues Dr Wanda Diaz Merced, Mizuho
Matsumoto, Pisit Nitiyanant and two graphic design interns, Karin Shimodate
and Milano Aoki, to them we send warm thank-yous and appreciation. During
2019 we have also had the privilege to collaborate with the IAU100
Secretariat, based in Leiden (The Netherlands) for the IAU 100 years
celebrations. We’d like to thank the hard-working and talented group of
Jorge Rivero González, Bethany Downer, Eduardo Penteado, Hannah Harris,
Aneta Margraf-Druc, Iris Nijman and many others, for their great work over
the past year. To our other colleagues at the IAU Secretariat in Paris,
France; the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development in Cape Town, South
Africa and back here at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
(NAOJ) in Mitaka, Japan, our warm thanks for the friendship and support
throughout the past decade. And, of course, a warm welcome to our new
colleagues from Heidelberg, Germany, as we look forward to collaborating
with them and the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education.   Last, but not
least, a deep thank you our National Outreach Coordinators (NOCs), who
played a key role in promoting IAU100 celebrations around the globe and who
dedicated their time and passion to make IAU100 an exceptional time of
celebration. And we cannot forget the many astronomy professionals who are
part of the IAU, as well the many organisers and volunteers from the global
community, who are willing to share their expertise to support outreach
efforts for our field. We look forward to the work we, as collaborators,
colleagues, and teammates will do in the next decade. Wishing you the
clearest skies for 2020 and all the very best! Lina Canas, on behalf of the
IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach Team.*

*IAU100: A Year in Review*

As we reach the end of 2019, it is time to review some of the IAU100
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=4cc78dbd08&e=dc17d81cba>
highlights carried out around the world.

We started the year with the 100 Hours of Astronomy
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on 10-13 January. During 100 straight hours people around the world joined
the IAU celebrations by organising activities related to astronomy. From
star parties to lectures, this initiative served to reactivate the
community and let people find out about the IAU100 activities. Most people
that participated in our first action of the year, keep participating in
many more throughout the year.

In February we focused our efforts on the kick-off of the IAU100 Women and
Girls in Astronomy
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events. Within this framework, so far over 300 events in 70 countries have
been organised discussing gender equity, the role of women in science, the
importance of role models and encouraging the participation of girls in
STEM careers. Many inspiring events worldwide, including the winner of the
IAU100 Women & Girls in Astronomy Contest
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=a69f1036f5&e=dc17d81cba>,
the Molo Mhlaba project carried out in South Africa.

During this month, the Inspiring Stars
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exhibition was also organised in three different venues in Europe,
including the active participation in the Zero Conference at the United
Nations in Vienna. Overall,  the IAU100 Inspiring Stars was present in 9
countries: Austria, Chile, Ethiopia, Belgium, Italy, France, UK, Iran,
Japan and Thailand in a total of 16 interventions that reached thousands of
people.

In March, many Einstein Schools
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were starting their activities leading up to the celebrations of the 100th
anniversary of the 1919 Solar Eclipse that proved Einstein was right.
Around 200 schools in 45 countries have been part of the Einstein Schools
network, which have been busy all year learning about gravity and
communicating about science.

In April, the IAU 1919-2019: 100 Years Under One Sky Celebration Flagship
Ceremony
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took place at the Palace of the Academies in Brussels (Belgium). At the
very same place where the IAU was born, people from 67 different countries
met to reflect about the past century in astronomy but also to discuss what
comes next. The celebration concluded with a day dedicated to the amateur
astronomy community to explore ways to collaborate better.

May was a very busy month with the observance of the International Day of
Light
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by our IAU100 Dark Skies Ambassadors
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who organised many activities around May 16th. The Dark Skies for All
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=c4062cad65&e=dc17d81cba>
project set up a network of 120 ambassadors that organised 200 activities
over the year to raise awareness about light pollution. Another important
highlight of May were the celebrations in Principe and Sobral of the 100th
anniversary of the 1919 solar eclipse
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=89c7e14ca8&e=dc17d81cba>
.

The month of June was quite exciting with the launch of the IAU100
NameExoWorlds
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=61690b166f&e=dc17d81cba>
project to give the opportunity to countries around the world to organise
national campaigns to name a star and an exoplanet. In June, we also
launched the poster version of the IAU100 Above and Beyond exhibition
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=063ff8269c&e=dc17d81cba>.
The exhibition
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=47b57924d0&e=dc17d81cba>
showcases the fascinating past century of astronomical discoveries in 12 A0
posters. Thanks to the free distribution of 300 sets of posters, the
exhibition has been present in 75 countries so far.

The July 2nd Total Solar Eclipse
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=1ae7123da1&e=dc17d81cba>
observed mainly in Argentina and Chile mobilised many people organising
activities around. In this framework, we supported the LightSound Eclipse
project
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that distributed 20 devices around communities in Argentina and Chile for
those who are visually impaired and auditorily oriented to experience
through sound the variation of light intensity during a solar eclipse in
real-time. On 20-21 July we had one of the highlights of the year with the 50th
anniversary of the Moon Landing
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=5f813a753b&e=dc17d81cba>.
Our IAU100 project was the largest coordinated action worldwide with over 1
million people actively participating in 1000 events in 128 countries
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=ed21b48c5a&e=dc17d81cba>
.

In August, the IAU Above and Beyond travelling exhibition opened in
different locations in Ireland
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and remained there until October. Since its opening in August 2018, the
travelling exhibition has been present in Austria, Slovakia, Belgium,
Ireland and Italy. We were really glad to find out that localised versions
of the exhibition have been produced in the Netherlands, Japan, Algeria and
Uruguay to name a few.

The Open Astronomy Schools
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=495a7eabc8&e=dc17d81cba>
teacher training call launched earlier in the year was a great success and
we were able to fund 20 teacher training sessions, which the majority of
them were organised in the last quarter of the year starting in September.
We just launched a second call
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=43a7ac6b19&e=dc17d81cba>
for proposals for the promotion of the Open Astronomy Schools (OAS) teacher
training events in 2020. The call for teacher training includes 250
telescope kits, kindly offered by the National Astronomical Observatory of
Japan (NAOJ).

At the beginning of October we launched the Under One Sky: Astronomy Around
the world
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video series which provides a glimpse into the diverse worldwide
astronomical community. Each video is presented through the eyes of the IAU
National Outreach Coordinators, with every chapter we will learn about the
history of astronomy, the country’s current research efforts in space
science, and how astronomy is celebrated in this region. So far 13 videos
have been published and we will keep posting them during the first half of
2020.

In October, we also shared some highlights from IAU100 Special Projects
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=a33b9ce0f3&e=dc17d81cba>.
The Amanar: Under the Same Sky
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=c9a56df774&e=dc17d81cba>
initiative visited the Sahrawi refugee camps to share astronomy with local
communities. In addition, the UNIPAMPA mobile planetarium
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inspired thousands in South Brazil. The ArAS Astronomy Teacher Training
Program
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=d9513588ad&e=dc17d81cba>
provided over 60 secondary and high school Palestinian science teachers
with modern training in Astronomy teaching.

The Astronomy Day in Schools
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=5141bbc937&e=dc17d81cba>
global initiative was celebrated on and around 10-17 November. The project
encouraged astronomers to visit schools and perform observations and
hands-on activities with children. It was a great success with over 500
events and activities that took place in 70 countries worldwide
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=b0436976f4&e=dc17d81cba>.
In November as well, the IAU Symposium 358 on “Astronomy for Equity,
Diversity and Inclusion - a roadmap to action within the framework of the
IAU centennial anniversary”
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was held in Japan, welcoming 124 participants from 31 different countries.
The IAU symposium aimed to create a people-centred strategy for action to
improve diversity in astronomy. The meeting helped lay grounds for the
Mitaka Resolutions on Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
policies that will crystallise on a "Roadmap to Action", in alignment with
the new IAU Strategic Plan 2020-2030.

After much anticipation and widespread global engagement, the results of
the IAU100 NameExoWorlds
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campaigns were announced
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in December. Over 780 000 people selected the names of 112 sets of
exoplanets and host stars named that can be explored here
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=9d0db7f017&e=dc17d81cba>.
This is only the second time in history that a competition has led to the
naming of stars and exoplanets. It will have a lasting impact for years to
come since the winning names will be used in parallel with the existing
scientific nomenclature, as well as credited to the person, group or
institution that suggested them
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=7279ad3cc1&e=dc17d81cba>.
We are closing 2019 with many activities related to the Annular Solar
eclipse on 26 December, including the IAU100 Special Project ASEAN Workshop
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=6959ae99d5&e=dc17d81cba>
.

The year 2019 is coming to an end but we will keep celebrating IAU100 until
February 2020 with one more global action: the IAU100 Pale Blue Dot
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=1e084f05de&e=dc17d81cba>
project. After one year of looking back at one hundred years of astronomy
with IAU100, we are now encouraging everyone to look back at us, Planet
Earth. With these themes of environmental awareness and global citizenship
in mind, we the project will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic
Pale Blue Dot image
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=85ebf41420&e=dc17d81cba>
on and around 13-20 February 2020.

Although it is important to consider aspects like the large number of IAU100
activities
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carried out, around 5000 events in 140 countries, or the millions of people
who have actively participated in them, we think it is more interesting to
look beyond these numbers. On one hand, we would like to highlight that
IAU100 has been a truly grassroots initiative with thousands of people
worldwide including their astronomical activities under the IAU100 banner.
On the other hand, these large-scale global programmes serve for many
people to experience important things for the first time, e.g. look for the
first time through a telescope, reflect about their place in the universe,
organise an outreach activity or give a lecture for the first time.
Therefore, the most important legacy of IAU100 will be to ignite a spark
that will hopefully make most of the actions perpetuate over time.

We thank all the people around the world that has made IAU100 possible,
from the IAU National Outreach Coordinators
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=38bada5c14&e=dc17d81cba>,
the IAU100 Project coordinators, to the other different communities
involved such as amateur astronomers, IAU members, educators, teachers as
well as the IAU100 Partners
<https://iau.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0ecb46e29196a0f367daf3dd6&id=ea8df8ad21&e=dc17d81cba>.
This ambitious year-long programme of activities would have not been
possible to implement without you.

We wish you an inspirational 2020, continuing the theme of Under One Sky.
Let’s make the final phase of the IAU100 an exciting end to a busy year of
astronomy activities and public engagement.

*by Jorge Rivero González, IAU100 Coordinator, on behalf of the IAU100
Secretariat*
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