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| Norio Kaifu, IAU President |
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between UNESCO and the IAU |
Excellence in Astronomy Education and Public Outreach |
Star Party |
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| The violent youth of solar proxies |
Mosaic image of Titan |
100 Hours of Astronomy: Observing the sky |
IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution Votes |
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| IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution Votes |
UNESCO and IAU |
Official opening of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 at UNESCO |
IAU President Catherine Cesarsky opening the International Year of Astronomy 2009 |
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| Memorandum of Understanding between UNESCO and IAU |
Illustration of the dwarf planet Makemake |
A couple enjoys watching the night sky |
The IAU draft definition of "planet" and "plutons" |
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| The Portal to the Universe |
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris |
Stonehenge - an existing UNESCO Heritage site |
Plutoids |
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| Voting on the IAU Resolution on the plan "Astronomy for the Developing World" |
Wendy Freedman, 2009 Gruber Cosmology Prize recipient |
Teachers at a workshop |
Three new planets? [artist's impression] |
![Planet candidates in the Solar System [artist's impression]](/static/archives/images/thumbs/iau0601c.jpg) |
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| Planet candidates in the Solar System [artist's impression] |
UNAWE activity in India, July 2011 |
Robert Kennicutt, 2009 Gruber Cosmology Prize recipient |
Jeremy Mould, 2009 Gruber Cosmology Prize recipient |
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| Word Cloud for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Final Report |
Moon through the Galileoscope |
IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution Votes |
100 Hours of Astronomy |
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| 24-hour webcast from the largest telescopes |
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 Welcomes the 100th Participating Country |
IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution Votes |
IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution Votes |
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| IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution Votes |
IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution Votes |
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 in numbers. |
The new IAU Officers 2009 |
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| Galilean Nights will see countless people looking up at the skies |
Aerial View of the Hawaii Convention Center at night |
Members of the Planet Definition Committee |
Students with the Galileoscope |
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| FETTU Exhibition in Liverpool |
An evening with the Universe |
The Galileoscope |
Planet candidates in the Solar System [unannotated] |
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| Marc Davis |
Artist's impression of the Kepler-47 system |
Venue of the IYA2009 Closing Ceremony, Aula Magna |
IYA2009 Logo |