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It takes a lot of people around the world to make Astronomers Without Borders a reality, from the staff and board to volunteers in many countries.

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Participate in AWB's programs and share your passion for astronomy with amateur astronomers around the world.
- Community Based Programs
  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
  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
  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 2020
  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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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.
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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.
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Click on the links below for more information on each program

Use the menu to the right for a list of programs by type

Date / Time	Program
March 24 to 4 April	Globe at Night - Northern Hemisphere
March 24 to 6 April	Globe at Night - Southern Hemisphere
1 April	Online Messier Marathon: Observe all the Messier objects remotely
1 to 8 April	International Dark Skies Week
1 to 30 April	30 Nights of StarPeace
2 April	Around the Ringed Planet: Observe Saturn remotely
2 to 3 April	Beatuy without Borders - Saturn Watch
9 April	Global Star Party
9 April	Stars for All: Observe deepsky objects remotely
10 April	Opticks: A live audio-visual radio transmission performance between Earth & Moon
10 and 11 April	NASA "Voyage into Deep Space" 2011 - Live Webcast with Sonification for the Blind
10 to 16 April	Lunar Week
12 April	Walking on the Moon: Observe Moon remotely
12 April	Yuri's Night - 50th Anniversary of Human Space Flight
15 April (deadline)	Expedition to El Gran Telescopio Canarias
16 April (deadline)	Poetry of the Starry Skies of Tahoe Astro-Poetry Contest.
17 April	SunDay
17 April	Here Comes the Sun: Observe Sun remotely
20 April	World Night in Defence of the Starlight
21 to 22 April	Meteors without Borders - Lyrids Watch 2011
22 April (deadline)	International Earth and Sky Photo Contest
25 April (deadline)	MicroObservatory Astrophotography Contest
28 April, 20:00UT	Cosmic Concert - Online Musical Concert
30 April	Dark Skies Rangers
1 May, 20:00UT	Write Your Name in the Sky!: Observe asteroids remotely
15 May	Ask a European Space Agency Scientist
Throughout April	One Star at a Time - Fight Light Pollution
Throughout April	MoonDays
Throughout April	Moon and Culture
Throughout April	Astronomy without Barriers - programs for people with disabilities
Throughout April	Planetarian without Borders
Throughout April	Astropoetry for Global Astronomy Month
Throughout April	GAM Dark Skies Awareness Programs

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