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Join us in our celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) using our March Discovery Guide.
Each month we feature a separate Night Sky Network activity on this website.
Here are a few examples of what Night Sky Network amateur astronomy clubs across the US are doing right now.

At the Grand Opening of the Carrol County Public Library in Maryland, Skip Bird commented:
"Snow, ice and rain; not the best weather for a star party. But that didn't stop over 200 people from coming to our Westminster Astronomical Society, Inc. celebration. We set up a table with all sorts of enticing demonstrations including black holes, a planet scale model with our Sun banner, and our coveted replica Galileo telescope.
Most people were amazed that Galileo saw anything through his telescope at all."