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Karel A. van der Hucht
General Secretary
25 February 2009
CONTENTS:
1. IAU XXVII GENERAL ASSEMBLY. REGISTRATION ON-LINE
2. IAU INFORMATION BULLETIN 103 ON-LINE
3. IAU HIGHLIGHTS VOL. 14, TRANSACTIONS XXVIB, AND XXVIIA ON-LINE
4. GRUBER FELLOWSHIP 2009
5. INVITATION TO HOST THE IAU XXIX GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2015
6. IYA2009. AN UPDATE.
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1. IAU XXVII GENERAL ASSEMBLY. REGISTRATION ON-LINE
The Registration Server for the IAU XXVII General Assembly
in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 3-14 August 2009, is on-line. See
www.astronomy2009.com.br . The Registration Server also
gives access to the GA Accommodation Server, the GA Abstract
Server (deadline extended to 15 March), the GA Travel Grant
Application Server (deadline 1 March) and the CUP Server for
Pre-ordering GA Proceedings and Symposium Proceedings.
The deadline for Early Registration at reduced fees via the
GA Registration Server has been extended to 1 May 2009.
The IAU XXVII GA National Organizing Committee, chaired by
Daniela Lazzaro and Beatriz Barbuy, is going to great
lengths to organize a most interesting and enjoyable GA for
the IAU membership, invited participants and accompanying
guests.
The scientific programme and practical information are
published in IAU Information Bulletin 103
www.iau.org/static/publications/IB103.pdf
Important deadlines:
Application for IAU GA Grants closes 1 March
End on-line submission of abstracts (revised date) 15 March
Notification of IAU GA Grants 1 April
SOC programme review and completion (revised date) 1 May
Notification of abstract acceptance (revised date) 1 May
End early on-line registration (revised date) 1 May
Start regular on-line registration (revised date) 2 May
Accepted abstracts may be revised 15 May - 15 June
Media accreditation on-line registration 24 July
End regular on-line registration 24 July
Start on-site registration 3 August
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2. IAU INFORMATION BULLETIN 103 ON-LINE
IAU Information Bulletin 103 is online at
www.iau.org/static/publications/IB103.pdf
containing updated information on the preparations for the
upcoming IAU XXVII General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro.
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3. IAU HIGHLIGHTS VOL. 14, TRANSACTIONS XXVIB, AND XXVIIA ON-LINE
HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY, Volume 14
AS PRESENTED AT THE IAU XXVI GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Prague, Czech Republic, 14-25 August 2006
Ed. Karel A. van der Hucht
(Cambridge: CUP) ISBN: 978-0-521-89683-2, December 2007
journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=IAU&volumeId=2&issueId=14
Transactions of the IAU, Volume XXVIB
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IAU XXVI GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Prague, Czech Republic, 14-25 August 2006
Ed.: Karel A. van der Hucht
(Cambridge: CUP) ISBN: 978-0-521-85606-5, November 2008
journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=IAU&volumeId=3&issueId=T26B
Transactions of the IAU, Volume XXVIIA
REPORTS ON ASTRONOMY 2006-2009
Ed. Karel A. van der Hucht
(Cambridge: CUP) ISBN: 978-0-521-85605-8, January 2009
journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=IAU&volumeId=4&issueId=T27A&iid=3578468
Printed volumes can be ordered via
www.cambridge.org/series/sSeries.asp?code=IAUP&srt=P
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4. GRUBER FELLOWSHIP 2009
The IAU solicits applications for the Peter and Patricia
Gruber Foundation postdoctoral Fellowship 2009.
For details and application procedure, see
www.iau.org/PETER_AND_PATRICIA_GRUBER_FOUN.98.0.html ,
section PPGF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME.
The deadline for submitting applications to the IAU GS
k.a.van.der.hucht@sron.nl has been extended (!) to 15 March 2009.
Please bring this announcement to the attention of the
younger generation.
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5. INVITATION TO HOST THE IAU XXIX GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2015
The IAU Executive Committee solicits proposals for hosting
the IAU XXIX General Assembly in July-August 2015. Rules and
guidelines are available at:
www.iau.org/administration/meetings/hosting_ga/ .
Please send a Letter-of-Intent to
Karel A. van der Hucht, IAU General Secretary,
k.a.van.der.hucht@sron.nl , with a copy to iau@iap.fr .
Complete bid books should reach the IAU General Secretary
K.A.van.der.Hucht@sron.nl and the IAU Secretariat
iau@iap.fr before the deadline of 1 April 2009.
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6. IYA2009. LATEST NEWS FROM THE IYA2009 SECRETARIAT
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 has been launched
and now has a total of 137 National Nodes. In January there
were opening events in many countries around the world. The
official launch of IYA2009 took place in Paris 15 January.
Around 900 delegates were in attendance, including eminent
scientists and prominent politicians.
The 11 Cornerstone projects are progressing extremely well.
Some examples:
The Cosmic Diary has had more than 30,000 visitors from
people in 155 countries. We are proud to have 65 bloggers,
almost three times as many as originally anticipated. A
new historical sub-blog, called Cosmic Diary: Greenwich
1894 is run by curators at the Greenwich Observatory using
diaries and journals from a past Astronomy Royal and his
assistants.
100 Hours of Astronomy, one of the IYA2009 Cornerstone
Projects will take place 2-5 April
www.100hoursofastronomy.org/ .
This extravaganza will be a highlight of IYA2009, and
exciting preparations for the 24 hours webcast, global
sidewalk astronomy and much more are in progress.
The much anticipated Galileoscope is now in production,
and the web site will start taking orders on Monday 23
February: www.galileoscope.org/ .
The From Earth to the Universe
www.fromearthtotheuniverse.org/
exhibitions are planned in more than 50 venues and new
venues are being added every week.
More information about these initiatives and many more is
available at: www.astronomy2009.org/ .
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