GAM News - April 27
As we head into the final week of Global Astronomy Month 2011 we can look back in awe at all the programs that have been created as well as looking forward to the final events in the week to come. GAM 2010 was a start of much more than any of us realized. GAM 2011 has exceeded everyone's expectations with many new, innovative programs that will continue throughout the year.
The final week continues in the same vein with the Cosmic Concert, a cosmic musical extravaganza streamed to the world. Write Your Name in the Sky is the final GAM event (just a few hours outside of the April time frame). I'll be attending both. Will you? See below for more information and link.
Finally, Ask an ESA Scientist - your chance to pose your questions to a lunar scientist on the team that sent a spacecraft to the Moon and Mars -- becomes the first program to be announced as continuing beyond GAM. But it doesn't go forever so click the link below and send in your question to be answered on the GAM web site.
-- Mike Simmons, President, Astronomers Without Borders
Upcoming GAM Programs:
28 April at 19UT - Cosmic Concert
Get ready for a cosmic musical experience in the last hours of GAM2011. Cosmic Concert is a free online musical conducted by Italian composer Giovanni Renzo. It will be streamed live and free. Groups are welcome to screen this cosmic musical experience to audiences.
1 May at 20:00UT - Write Your Name in the Sky
As part of the Remote Observing program for Global Astronomy Month 2011 the Virtual Telescope is proud to introduce a unique event, offering you the chance to discover an astronomical object: "Write Your Name in The Sky!". Note the new date and time.
Write Your Name in the Sky will be the final official event of GAM 2011 so don't miss it!
15 May - Ask an ESA Scientist - (date extended)
Missed your opportuniy to ask a question to the ESA scientist? We have extended the program till 15 May. Send in your Moon related questions.
New on the GAM Blog:
Discovering and Rediscovering the Night Sky - Nicole Gugliucci, @noisyastronomer
Engaging Children With Games & Storytelling - Avivah Yamani, langitselatan.
Your Moon, My Moon, Our Moon - Doris Daou, NASA Lunar Science Institute.
SunDay - Ricardo Cardoso Reis, Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto.
Moonlight Poetry for GAM Astropoetry:
The Lunar Blessing
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More information:
For further information please contact:
Mike Simmons
President, Astronomers Without Borders
Chair, GAM2011 Working Group
mike@gam-awb.org
+1 818 486 7633
Thilina Heenatigala
GAM2011 Coordinator
thilina@gam-awb.org
+94 716 245 545
Oana Sandu
GAM2011 Public Relations Coordinator
oana@gam-awb.org
+40 724 024 625
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