NOVOSPACE 2009 IYA

 

Dr Fred Menk opens NOVOSPACE Exhibition at the Newcastle Region Library. Friday 13 March 2009- image David Hough

NOVOSPACE - an astro-photography exhibition by local amateur astronomers.

"The vision of the International Year of Astronomy is helping people rediscover their
place in the universe with a strong emphasis on education, public engagement and involvement from young people of all communities."

The International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009)  celebrates the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo Galilei and the publication of Johannes Kepler's 'Astronomia Nova' in the 17th century.

The Year was declared by the 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations. A global scheme, laid out by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), has also been endorsed by UNESKO—the UN body responsible for Educational, Scientific and Cultural matters. The opening ceremony was held in Paris Jan 15-16 2009.

IYA Links below....

ABC Radio interview with NAS vice-president Chris Bond

International Year of Astronomy 2009 Official Website

Royal Australian Mint astronomy IYA 2009 issue

Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria)2009

ABC Radio NAS Novospace opening Interviews

 

Excerpt from ABC website ... Keeping an Eye on the Night Sky ABC Newcastle Australia interview with Dennis Zambelis,David Hough and Andrew Catsaitis

Link Here

"If you've ever been outside on a clear dark night and lost yourself in some star gazing, you might start to feel a bit overwhelmed after a while ... as though we are a very small speck in a vast universe and everything out there is so far away!

Well, it is, relatively speaking - but as 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, the Newcastle Astronomical Society are bringing the wonders of deep space a little closer to us with an exhibition of the works of some local astro-photographers.

Natasha Schaad went to the exhibition opening and met some of the folk for whom sitting up all night braving mozzies or the cold is a real labour of love, and who are on first-name terms with some of the most spectacular space objects. She spoke with photographers Dennis Zambelis, David Hough and Andrew Catsaitis about humble (as opposed to Hubble) technology, digital vs film quality, and the magic of being in the right place at the right time.

 

Astrophotography Display
Newcastle Regional Library (Local studies display area),
Laman St

Newcastle Astronomical Society has on
display, a photographic exhibition of images of the
night sky taken by members. A slide presentation
and video introduce the viewer to amateur
astronomy and the wonders of the cosmos.
13 March to 23rd May 2009, Library opening hours

NAS Photography Exhibition link below

 NAS astro-photography exhibition

 

NOVOSPACE opening Images by Lydia Macokatic and David Hough