Saturday, January 2, 2010

International Year of Astronomy (2009)




You may not know that Last year 2009 was the International Year of Astronomy, abbreviated as IYA2009 in alphanumerical characters.

2009 was acclaimed by UNESCO and IAU and approved the International Year of Astronomy, as it completed 400 years for the discovery of Telescope by great Italian genius, Galileo Galilei, back in 1609.

Much things happened in 2009 in commemoration of this and it was a worldwide celebration, in general with the universal theme, "Universe, Yours to Discover"

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