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International Year of Astronomy 2009
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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)
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