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The best work will be entered into the international contest, the results of which will be announced soon.įor more information about the Japan national contest please visit the web site (in Japanese): The first winner is in the age category 8 to 11 years, and the second one is in the 16 to 18 years category. The Space Scoop Comic Contest Japan team has announced that they have selected the Japanese winners. Professional communicators, research astronomers, press officers, science journalists and many more will be exchanging views and experiences during a five-day conference on the latest challenges in astronomy communication and public outreach.ģ) National Outreach Contact (NOC) Corner: News from Japan Read the original press release on IAU website:Ģ) Japan will host the 2018 Communicating Astronomy with the Public Conferenceįrom 24 to 28 March 2018 Japan will host the 2018 Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP2018) conference in the city of Fukuoka.

The WGSN has now established a new catalogue of IAU star names, with the first set of 227 approved names published on the IAU website. In May of this year, the IAU Executive Committee approved the creation of a specialised IAU Working Group - the Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) - to formalise star names that have been used colloquially for centuries. The IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach team

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In this issue we highlight the star names now formally approved by the IAU, and hope you enjoy browsing through all 227 of them! We also revisit the great software tool Stellarium and, with 2016 almost at an end, the new training courses by the European Science Education Academy (ESEA) for 2017 are now open.įinally, we want to send a warm thank you to all of the contributors to this newsletter who have shared with us some of their favorite astronomy education and outreach activities and resources from around the world.

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Start making your travel arrangements to visit Japan in 2018 and take part in one of the most exciting science communication events of the year while watching the beautiful Japanese sakura trees in full bloom. We want to start by congratulating Japan as host of the 2018 Communicating Astronomy with the Public conference (CAP2018), to be held in Fukuoka, from 24 to 28 March. IAU Astronomy Outreach Newsletter December 2016 #1Ģ) Japan will host the 2018 Communicating Astronomy with the Public Conferenceģ) National Outreach Contact (NOC) Corner: News from JapanĤ) Getting started with the Faulkes Telescopesĥ) European Science Education Academy (ESEA) new training coursesĦ) European Space Agency (ESA) Star Mapperġ0) IAU Astronomy Outreach Newsletter in other languagesġ1) Contributions to IAU Outreach Newsletter

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