International Year of Astronomy 2009

Next year is the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) and you'll be seeing a lot of posts about it in the coming months. I am very excited about the opportunity to share the night sky with so many people, as IYA2009 will certainly raise the awareness of stargazing in the general population.

Believe it or not, stargazers and professional astronomers do not all know each other. IYA2009 is providing an incredible vehicle for all of us in the astronomical community to network and build relationships. I've become involved in areas of astronomy outreach that I never even considered before, one of which is podcasting. I an volunteering to do an episode of 365 Days of Astronomy. Who knows? If it works out, I might do more than one :)