From the 28th of March till the 5th of April, the UK team for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) will launch the first of two MoonWatch weeks. The first week runs from the 28th of March till the 5th of April and will coincide with 100 Hours of Astronomy, a global IYA cornerstone project. The second Moon Watch week will be launched later in the year and will run from the 24th of October till the 1st of November.
Fellow blogger and Twitterer Orbiting Frog had sent out a tweet asking if there was a MoonWatch poster or a flyer that could be used to advertise events. As there doesn’t seem to be anything for individuals or astronomy groups to use to help promote any events that they plan on running, I produced this generic A4 poster that you can freely download and use from this microsite I have set up. The poster itself is a high quality 150 ppi jpeg which can be professionally printed if you so choose.
While I won’t be taking part in any organised events, I am really looking forward to MoonWatch week and I plan on spending as much time as I can getting out and observing our closest astronomical neighbour.
Tags: 100 Hours of Astronomy, IYA 2009, Moon, MoonWatch