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at the Municipal Theater "La Luna de Galileo Galilei in the Centre ..."

With free admission, organized by the City Government Santa Fe, the Latin American Astronomical League (bundled) and the International Space Observers (CODE) in the International Year of Astronomy imposed by UNESCO, the OAS and the International Astronomical Union, Sunday 11 January 2009 CODE Astronomical Observatory located on the waterfront west of our city is dressed up: a large audience including many tourists and where children and youth stood, could see Through the telescopes to the moon in the same way it did for 400 years, the famous Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei.

also had the opportunity to watch the "star", the planet Venus and other luminaries of our starry sky of summer.

were projected on a giant screen films travel to the moon and space shuttle missions with NASA. The public could tour the Expoespacio exhibiting more than 1000 images of the universe and space flight, spacecraft models and exemplary level of meteorites.

This presentation is part of a series of acts that made the institutions named in 2009 as part of the celebrations of International Year of Astronomy.


The images were then published by the Journal photographer Manuel Testi ONE of Santa Fe, local newspaper only way to be made present to cover the event and we are very grateful.


The audience sat in the courtyard entrance to the Centre Imax watching a documentary on flights to the moon.


Now Imax include a documentary about space shuttles are


past 21:00, with daylight saving the evening sky is still clear and Arzadúm Marcelo Ruiz, member of the CODE, and is focusing with Meade to the full moon rising above the eastern horizon.


now a dark, Marcelo is accommodating to Meade to show another part of the sky


Focusing with Cooke & Sons, 1912 with system clock to rope and weights, the "star", the brilliant planet Venus

being amazed as a child 400 years ago Galileo Galilei observes the terrain carefully lunar

A child raised in arms notes with admiration and curiosity of a bright moon nearby, coincidentally the day before the shortest distance was 2009.

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"La Luna de Galileo Galilei" ... the pedestrian ...

On Thursday January 8, the organization of the Government of the City of Santa Fe, the Latin American Astronomical League (bundled) and the International Space Observers (CODE) in the framework of the celebrations for the International Year Astronomy 2009 was successful in the main street of Santa Fe, San Martin and the pedestrian in front of the Ministry of Culture, Government of the City, the first free public comments of 2009 "Moon Galileo Galilei" It was


a day that was presented under overcast and rainy in the afternoon, the evening was cleared to the northeast and passersby could enjoy observing with a telescope a nearly full moon that caused a sensation in many who had never before seen with an instrument.

Much as the observations began at 21.00, an hour after the closure of shops, many people, particularly children and youth- approached the instrument whose very presence in the middle of the pedestrian attracted curiosity. Others came aware of the event broadcast journalism.

Accompanied by Marcelo Ruiz CODE Vocal Arzadúm to those present explained the reasons for our presence in the heart of the city with a telescope, the significance that these celebrations 400 years after the first telescopic observations made by the famous Italian astronomer and also answered the usual thousand and one questions that are often made on issues related to the cosmos and space.

Pictures of the event, Prof. Daniel Otero attention of the Secretariat Culture of the City are published in: http://www.luzdeciudad.blogspot.com/


Continuing with these activities, the Sunday 11 at the same time in the CODE Astronomical Observatory located on the West Coast , will continue to display the Moon "Galileo Galilei" Venus and other luminaries also be projected on a giant screen documentary astronomical and can walk through the Expoespacio.



Arzadúm Marcelo Ruiz, Jorge Coghlan and Marcus Reid (Partner CODE) pose next to the pedestrian reflector Meade willing to show the moon to passersby. Below
a series of images the public admiring the moon ... as did Galileo Galilei 400 years ago ...

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IYA-AIA: "STARTING THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY 2009 ... WITH FIREWORKS ...!" Conjunction

With the last day of the year it was cloudy and rainy tenuous, and in hours of twilight began to blow fresh wind the south and completely cleared midnight to get at the Astronomical Observatory of CODE, the headquarters of the Latin American Astronomical League (bundled), the AIA 2009, International Year of Astronomy led by the United Nations Organization (UNO) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU). When

01.00 First day in the resounding sound of fireworks announcing the New Year, began to get the public CODE Observatory located on the waterfront west of the city of Santa Fe, on a giant screen located in the courtyard income began to project films and space astronomy, was walked the Expoespacio and roof were the first observations of the sky in 2009 with telescopes ... tribute to what he did 400 years before the famous Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei.

While it was a pretty cool night, large crowd gathered at the Centre was again Saturn, the star that caused more admiration.

The success of the debut of the AIA 2009 was due to a wide coverage made from the Code, one of whose publications of the newspaper El Litoral can be viewed at:

http://www.ellitoral.com/index.php / id_um/36677

enclose a series of photos showing the preparations, the projections and of the public.

can say with great satisfaction that the CODE, the Iliad and the Government of the City of Santa Fe began the AIA 2009 showing the sky ...

Preparations for the installation of the giant screen, projector and speakers in the courtyard of the Centre Netra.

The display is already installed, all ready to begin the projections, to fund the Expoespacio to full illumination.

Front and entrance to the Observatory, in the middle of the yard the big screen.

LA01 are: 00 and the audience begins to enter the Observatory ... under the noise of fireworks.

the planetary orbits projection.

Nicolaus Copernicus in the projection ... smiling ...

Earth Tides in the projection ...

The public Observatory on the terrace waiting their turn to see with telescopes

With the refractor Cooke & Sons, 1912, shows Saturn and its rings somewhat closed.