Peterborough Astronomical Association

Date	Event	Location
January 10, 2009	IYA Launch - Click Here For More Information	Armour Hill
January 30, 2009	Public Viewing - Postponed - See Jan 31, 2009 - Click here for Info/Updates	Armour Hill
January 31, 2009	Public Viewing -Postponed - Please check later for other observing events	Armour Hill
March 20, 2009	IYA Public Observing - Click here for more Information	Hastings Civic Center
April 6, 2009	IYA Galileo Series Speaker (Dr. Ray Jayawardhana) "Worlds Beyond: The Diversity of Extra - Solar Planets" 7:00 p.m. - Click for Information	Trent University
April 7, 2009	Regional Science Fair - 11:00 a.m - Click for Information	Trent University
May 2, 2009	Astronomy on the Hill - Night Observing - 8PM - 11PM - Click for Information	Armour Hill
May 3, 2009	Astronomy on the Hill - Daylight Session - 1PM - 5PM - Click for Information	Armour Hill
September 19, 2009	Westwood Library - Public Viewing Session	Westwood Library
October 23, 2009	Galileo Nights - Click for Information	Armour Hill

International Site - http://astronomy2009.org/
Canadian Site - http://www.astronomie2009.ca/

Click here for IYA Events

International Year of Astronomy – 2009 (Galileo Moments)

The PAA has actively participated in this year’s effort to have 1 million people experience a “Galileo Moment”. A Galileo Moment as defined by the IYA website is “an engaging astronomy experience” during IYA2009. As part of this process the following activities have been registered with the IYA website with the reported numbers for each shown.

Date	Event	Attendance
2009-01-10	IYA Launch	76
2009-02-27	100 Cubs Under the Stars	89
2009-02-27	Public Observing	16
2009-03-06	Regular Meeting - Guest speaker - Rick Stankiewicz	39
2009-03-20	Stars Come out in Hastings	156
2009-03-28	Earth Hour	55
2009-04-03	Regular Meeting - Guest Speakers - Rodger Forsyth, John Crossen	32
2009-04-28	Lakefield Beavers	21
2009-05-01	Regular Meeting - Guest Speaker - Andreas Gada	29
2009-05-02	Astronomy on the Hill	100
2009-05-03	Astronomy on the Hill	76
2009-05-21	Holy Family Academy School	13
2009-06-01	A Guide to campsite astronomy in our nation's wild spaces	150
2009-06-02	Year of Astronomy and You" by Peter McMahon and Rick Stankiewicz	45
2009-06-05	Regular Meeting - Guest Speakers - Colin Cross, Charles Baetsen	22
2009-06-06	Movie shoot at Buckhorn Observatory	31
2009-07-18	National Parks Day - Emily Provincial Park	206
2009-07-25	Nicholas's birthday party - Astronomy theme	30
2009-08-02	"Sun" day Solar viewing	20
2009-08-02	An Astro Evening at Cole's Point Resort	97
2009-08-07	Campbellford Fair - Planetarium Show	110
2009-08-07	PAA at the Ontario Ranger/Ontario Stewardship Ranger Jamboree - Astronomy theme	135
2009-08-12	An Evening of Astronomy For Kids Ptbo Housing Resource Centre Program	30
2009-08-12	The Perseid Meteor Shower	100
2009-08-13	Movies in the park (Lakefiled) with PAA members	30
2009-09-04	Regular Meeting - Guest Speaker Paul Bourgeois	28
2009-09-19	Westwood observing session	30
2009-10-02	PAA Regular Meeting - Guest speaker Brett Hardy	36
2009-09-17 to 2009-10-08	Astroartography at Sir Sanford Flemming College	750
2009-11-06	Regular meeting - Guest speaker Mike Gowanlock	23
2009-11-13	Galilean Nights	10

Total to Date: 2575

You can check these out as well as all the other activities and events at:
http://www.astronomy2009.ca/

PAA IYA 2009 Committee Members

To contact any of the members for information regarding
International Year of Astronomy 2009
or to pass along any ideas for the celebration of IYA 2009,
click on their name below to open an e-mail browser.

Sally Brunelle	John Cameron
Phil Chee	Trish McCloskey
Dean Shewring	Rick Stankiewicz
Ian Thompson