AWB Global Astronomy Month 2012 News - 29 March 2012

Global Astronomy Month 2012 News - 29 March 2012

OPTICKS returns with live Moonbounce OPTICKS, a live performance during which digital images are sent by radio to the Moon and back, returns for GAM 2012. OPTICKS will stream live on April 28 from the radio telescope in Dwingeloo, Netherlands where the signals are received. Pictures can be submitted to be Moonbounced as part of this live event.

Bats and Radio Astronomy - Live Presentation What do bats have in common with the work of radio astronomers? More than you might think. Find out during this live presentation on April 8.

AstroArt Video Presentation A video titled “Space Trip,” celebrating new works by the Austrian artist Thomas Riess, will be featured as part of GAM's AstroArt program.  Riess works at the very forefront of the artistic experience, seeking to break the limitations of painting and establish a “dialogue on the phenomenon of reality.”

New Artwork Featured in Video Presentation The artwork series “Neurostar,” created by the leading Canadian artist Landon Mackenzie, will be showcased in a new video accessible from the GAM website on 21-22 April 2012.

Popular Cosmic Concert Returns The very popular Cosmic Concert returns for the third time in GAM. This new online musical performance for GAM 2012 is again based on music by Giovanni Renzo and features images from the World at Night project. Watch the trailer on the GAM website.

Feature Video on the Effort to Create the First Map of our Galaxy A 45-minute video describing how a group of Dutch astronomers created the first-ever map of our Milky Way Galaxy will have a special showing for GAM on April 14-15.Spiral Galaxy: the Milky Way Unraveled features astronomers involved in the creation of this historic map after decades of effort of centuries of mystery about Earth's place in our galaxy.

GAM Kids and Teens Go to the Moon Submit pictures to be part of a mosaic going to the Moon and back in Kids & Teens' MoonBounce Global Collaboration. This special Celebrate Starlight photo mosaic poster  will be Moonbounced during GAM 2012, video-taped and showcased at the Astronomical League Conference in July.

Sky and Telescope Features GAM GAM 2012 is featured on the Sky and Telescope magazine website with an article by AWB President and Sky and Telescope contributing editor Mike Simmons. The article is on the website's home page as this newsletter goes out on March 29. Watch for more articles on GAM 2012 on the Sky and Telescope website. Sky and Telescope is once again the Media Sponsor for GAM.

Reminders Register Your GAM EventsAdd your events to the GAM 2012 calendar. GAM 2012 Program Schedule See when everything is happening all through April. GAM 2012 Trailer - Watch It, Share It! On YouTube On Vimeo GAM 2012 Astropoetry Contest Share your work with others as this popular contest returns for 2012.

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