International Year of Astronomy

Posted Friday, January 15, 2010, at 2:19 PM

The International Year of Astronomy 2009, declared by the United Nations and the International Astronomical Union, came to a close Jan. 9/10 in a ceremony in Italy. A podcast for the IYA2009, The 365 Days of Astronomy, however, was so popular around the world, that it has been extended another year. I will be doing a podcast for this site on the 80th anniversary of the Paragould Meteorite next month, on Feb. 17. I did 2 podcasts during 2009 (see http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/02/08... and http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/04/12... for a transcript/audio file of them)

For more information on this and other astronomy news, I will soon release my "monthly" column, "America in Space" to the Times, this blog, and a number of other newspapers--sorry it is so late coming out-my schedule the past few months has been horrendous.

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Kenneth Renshaw NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador/Saturn Observation Campaign Kenneth is one of 494 volunteer educators and astronomers who donate their time to educate America's youth, and the general public, about astronomy and the U.S. space program. Organized in 1999 by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab,it focuses on spacecraft built by the JPL such as Voyager, Mars Rover, Galileo, Cassini as well as the Hubble Space Telescope. Renshaw is one of four ambassadors in Arkansas, and makes presentations to all age and experience groups from pre-school to university science level. His official NASA website it www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/profiles/Kenneth_Renshaw.htm His email address is renshaw@newwavecomm.net

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