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2009 is being celebrated as the International Year of Astronomy by the International Astronomical Union. The cornerstone project of this initiative is 100 Hours of Astronomy – a concerted effort by astronomers and organisations at all levels across the globe, to carry out astronomy related workshops from 2nd to 5th April. More details and other programs are listed here.

To get involved in Delhi events, you can participate at Nehru Planetarium where they have many activities planned.

You can also join SPACE’s activities at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi from 2nd to 5th daily, from sun rise to 11 PM. The schedule of the activities is on a Google calendar, that include -

* Measuring Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun (in day time), Moon and Stars (in evening and night) using Ram Yantra
* Marking Sun™s Path on Jai Prakash Yanra and studying the changing declination of the Sun
* Calibration of Samrat Yantra
* Sidewalk Astronomy Gibbous Moon and Saturn will be the highlight for this telescopic observatiieeseson.
* Star counting activities to measure the light pollution level in Delhi (SPACE™s Project Dark Skies)

Live webcast of Delhi’s events at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/space-100-hours-of-astronomy
The schedule for the live webcast is
1145-1215(IST) [0615-0715 GMT] introduction to Ram Yantra
1600-1700(IST) [1130-1230GMT] Tour of Jantar Mantar
1845-1930(IST)[1315-1400GMT] SPACE IYA programmes
1930-2030(IST)[1400-1500GMT] Sidewalk Astronomy

For Bangalore, visit the Bangalore Astronomical Society’s blog.

For a complete list of events in India registered with the IYA, click here.

Join this yahoogroup to stay connected to activities in India – http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/Astronomy_Activities_2009/