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   International Year of Astronomy 2009 Minimize
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-   Sutherland IYA star party in Sutherland all night New Years eve to see in IYA (31 Dec -1 Jan)

-   Global IYA launch at UNESCO, Paris (15 -16 Jan)

-   Astronomy in Society Conference following the launch in Paris (19 - 23 Jan)

-   Partial Solar Eclipse across SA and official SA IYA launch (26th Jan)

-   Possible meeting of SA ICSU (5 - 6 Feb)

-   SKA meetings in SA (17 to 27 Feb)

-   African Science Communication Conference (18-21 Feb)

-   Cape Argus cycle tour (still planning associated activity e.g. costumed riders, scaled route etc (8th March)

-   SciFest 2009 in Grahamstown (25 - 31 March)

-   Global "100 hours of Astronomy" cornerstone project (2 -5 April)

-   National Science Week 2009 - with IYA thrust (9 - 16 May)

-   Youth month/Day (activities to be confirmed) (16th June)

-   South African Institute of Physics Conference - IYA theme/presence confirmed (6 - 10 July)

-   International Astronomical Union General Assembly in Rio, Brazil (3 - 14 August)