Community programs bring people together through our common interest in astronomy. By actively engaged in activities together, differences between us become unimportant.
Arts and Culture programs bridge the border between art and science, highlighting the many perspectives of astronomy found in every worldwide throughout time.
Resource-sharing programs provide the opportunity to share knowledge as well as materials. Astronomers love to share their passion, and we all have something to share.
Global Astronomy Month is the world’s largest annual celebration of astronomy. Whether local events or online, watching or sharing, science or art, there’s something for everyone.
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Community
The Astronomers Without Borders global community is at the heart of everything we do. Bringing the community together through astronomy fosters friendship, understanding, and good will. Programs and activities are made possible by the participation of AWB members.
Learn more about Astronomers Without Borders and what the world's largest astronomy community - home of the world's largest community-based astronomy programs - has to offer.
Whether you join as a member or an affiliate (for groups or clubs), we all share the same sky, and in Astronomers Without Borders we also share our activities with each other.
Astronomers Without Borders and its partners brought a rich schedule of programs and events to Global Astronomy Month 2012, all designed to inform and inspire the public throughout the world. Below the major programs and events listed by date. For more information on each program, click on the highlighted links. Date / Time Program 23 March to 27 April IASC Asteroid Search Campaign 1 April SunDay 1 to 7 April Lunar Week 1 to 22 April International Earth and Sky Photo Contest 7 to 8 April In the Interstices of Life (astroart video presentation) 8 April Bats & Radio Astronomy...
Sponsors Program Partners GAM 2012 Sponsors Support the sponsors who bring Global Astronomy Month to the world! Media Sponsor Sky and Telescope Magazine The Essential Magazine of Astronomy Planet Sponsors OPT - Oceanside Photo and Telescopes Program Partners The Virtual Telescope Globe at Night National Optical Astronomy Observatory Galileo Teacher Training Program StarPeace International Astronomical Search Collaboration Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy Observatorio Astronómico - Universidad de Valencia International Dark-Sky Association World Night in Defence of the Starlight Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronomical Society of the Pacific NASA Night Sky Network Yuri's...
Global Astronomy Month 2012 is over! Global Astronomy Month (GAM) each April is the world's largest global celebration of astronomy since the unprecedented International Year of Astronomy 2009 . GAM 2012 brought new ideas and new opportunities, again bringing enthusiasts together worldwide to celebrate Astronomers Without Borders motto One People, One Sky . See below for programs and news from the big month, and updates on event reports, participation certificates, and other GAM-related news. Read reports on GAM 2012 events from around the world.