1IYA Korea ‘09

IYA 2009 Plan in IYA 2009 Plan in

KoreaKorea3 March 2007 @ ESO

Young-Soo KIM, Young Sook Ahn, DongJoo Lee, Young-Woon Kang, Seok Jae Park

KASI (Korea Astronomy & Space science Institute)KAS (Korea Astronomical Society)

KSSS (Korea Space Science Society)

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New Note of Astronomy !!!

1.8m Bohyunsan telescope

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History

2005 : Int’l Year of Physics Int’l Laser relay campaign (18 April ’05)

Japan ▶ Korea ▶ North Korea, ChinaPusan → Daejeon → Seoul10km nodes interval

2006 : Year of Chemistry 2007 : Year of Biology Support from Korean Government

$1M each year

Laser relay at Dokdo

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Plan 1 : Astro-fest

Astro-week Star gazing Lectures Concerts

400th Telescope fest since the Galileo Galilei t

elescope Exhibition tour of telescop

es

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Astro-festSchool for Teachers

Twice a year (vacations) Duration : 1 week

Conferences Int’l Basic Space Science Workshop (BSSW)

Distribution materials 3-D Jigsaw telescope

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Plan 2 : Solar System Marathon

5 km 5 km

10 km 10 km

20km (return) 20km (return)

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Maine, USA

Solar System Marathon

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Plan 3 : Star Gazing in a City

Pusan city The 2nd largest city in Korea Star gazing at a beach

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Plan 4 : Solar Eclipse Cruise

Wed., 22 July 2009

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Solar Eclipse Cruise Watch the solar eclipse on a

ship Collaborate with a tour company

Drawback : Typhoon Another plan

Tour to China or India

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IYA 2009 Korea

IYA ’09 Korea project

Main Works KASI (Korea Astronomy & Space

science Institute) KAS (Korea Astronomical Society) KSSS (Korea Space Science Society)

Co-works National Science Museum Korea Science Foundation

Support from Korean government

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Suggestions & Supports International Campaign

IYA ’09 Brochures & Propagation materials

Star gazing at cities Solar system streets or paths with annual marathon