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GAM Newsletter 19 April 2010

This week at GAM

Lunar Week kicks off

World Night in Defense of the Starlight - lights off, stars out!

Walking on the Moon - observe the moon remotely

Lyrids Watch - catch the meteor shower

Across the Solar System - Tour the solar neighborhood remotely

Global Star Party - get ready for the biggest party of the year!

Lunar Week 17 – 23 April

A week dedicated to Earth’s companion – Moon.

How to join –
You can celebrate Lunar Week by holding Moon themed Star Parties, talks, exhibitions, etc… Check the Lunar Week page for more ideas.

Join remotely –
Walking on the Moon is a remote observing program for Lunar Week by Virtual Telescope. Join this event for free on 21 April 2010 19.30 UT

Tweetup –
Tweet your Lunar Week experience and share the joy with everyone. http://twitter.com/GAMLunarweek

You can also send in your Lunar Week images via Twitpic
http://twitpic.com/photos/GAMLunarweek

Register your events –
Don’t forget to register your Lunar Week events.

Other Announcements

GAM Picture of the Day
Have you got a great photo of your GAM event? Send it to gampod@gam-awb.org and we may choose it for the GAM Picture of the Day. Be sure to tell us who is in the photo, what's happening, where it is and when the photo was taken. And check out all the GAMPODs so far!

The GAM trailer -- 2-1/2 minutes of astronomy around the world accompanied by music -- is now available in Spanish and Romanian on the GAM Resources page.

A Word from Our Sponsors

The generous support of our sponsors makes GAM possible.

Explore Scientific, a manufacturer of quality optical instruments, is holding a Telescope and Eyepiece Sale through May 1, 2010 in celebration of NEAIC and NEAF April 15 to 18.

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We highly recommend Net-Source Technologies, the developer of the Astronomers Without Borders web site, who is now working on the social networking site to come soon.

Bob Eklund is the Editor of the AWB/GAM website. Contact Bob for writing and editing services ranging from improving and polishing the English in translated documents (from any source language) to writing/editing business correspondence, proposals, newsletters, books and web pages.


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