National Astronomy Day 2009
 National Astronomy Day 2009, held Saturday, May 2, gives astronomy-lovers a chance to share their passion with the astronomy-curious. Clubs, planetaria, observatories, and museums will host public viewing events, telescope workshops, hands-on activities, and presentations to increase awareness about the profession and hobby. Astronomy magazine and Celestron unite with astronomy organizations throughout the country for the year's biggest star party. Visitors to this program's events can pick up material from Astronomy magazine and enter drawings to win a Celestron telescope and prizes from Astronomy. Enter to win a free telescope from Celestron! Celestron donated AstroMaster 70AZ telescopes for each venue to give away and also provided an 8-inch NexStar 8SE for the grand prize — Astronomy will pick the grand-prize winner from names collected at each venue. |
| Astronomy Day 2009 partners Astronomy magazine and Celestron are coming to a location near you! Here's where you can go to win a Celestron telescope and Astronomy magazine prizes...check back for updates: |
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 Venue: Sommers-Bausch Observatory & Fiske Planetarium Web site: cosmos.colorado.edu and fiske.colorado.edu Participating astronomy group: Boulder Astronomy and Space Society |
 Venue: The Adler Planetarium Web site: www.adlerplanetarium.org/ |
 Venue: Cleveland Museum of Natural History Web site: www.cmnh.org |
 Venue: Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Web site: www.boonshoftmuseum.org Participating astronomy group: Miami Valley Astronomical Society |
 Venue: Detroit Science Center Web site: www.detroitsciencecenter.org Participating astronomy group: Ford Amateur Astronomy Club |
 Venue: El Paso Desert Botanical Gardens at Keystone Heritage Park Participating astronomy groups: Gene Roddenberry Planetarium, El Paso Astronomy Club, and Junior League of El Paso |
 Venue: Lowell Observatory Web site: www.lowell.edu |
 Venue: AstroDay at Prince Kuhlo Plaza Web site: www.astroday.net |
 Venue: Science City at Union Station Web site: www.sciencecity.com/ |
 Venue: Mueller Planetarium at University of Nebraska State Museum Web site: www.spacelaser.com |
 Venue: Rauch Planetarium Web site: www.louisville.edu/planetarium Participating astronomy group: Louisville Astronomical Society |
 Venue: Miami Science Museum Web site: www.miamisci.org/ Participating astronomy group: Southern Cross Astronomical Society |
 Venue: Chabot Space & Science Center Web site: www.chabotspace.org/ |
 Venue: Dr. Phillips CineDome at the Orlando Science Center Web site: www.osc.org Participating astronomy group: Central Florida Astronomical Society |
 Venue: Franklin Institute Science Museum Web site: fi.edu |
 Venue: Carnegie Science Center Web site: www.carnegiesciencecenter.org Participating astronomy group: Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh |
 Venue: St. Louis Science Center Web site: www.slsc.org Participating astronomy group: St. Louis Astronomical Society |
 Venue: Clark Planetarium Web site: www.clarkplanetarium.org Participating astronomy group: Salt Lake Astronomical Society (SLAS) |
 Venue: Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center Web site: www.rhfleet.org Participating astronomy group: San Diego Astronomy Association |
 Venue: Suits-Bueche Planetarium at the Schenectady Museum Web site: www.schenectadymuseum.org Participating astronomy group: Albany Area Amateur Astronomers |
 Venue: Flandrau Science Center at the University of Arizona Web site: www.gotuasciencecenter.org/ Participating astronomy group:Sharing the Sky Foundation |
