Sidewalk Astronomy and Star Party Award Winners
On behalf of the 100 Hours of Astronomy Task Group and our sponsors, Explore Scientific and Celestron, it is our great pleasure to announce the winners of our Sidewalk Astronomy and Star Party Competition.
The winning entries were announced officially at the IAU General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 11 August, where Mike Simmons, Co-Chair of 100 Hours of Astronomy, announced the winners at the 100 Hours of Astronomy Awards and Closing Ceremony.
We would like to thank the many groups that took part in the 100 Hours of Astronomy events and to those who entered this competition. For those of you who submitted an award application but did not win, please know that judging for these awards was very difficult. The calibre of the events overall was amazing! If we had twice as many prizes to award, we could easily have chosen twice as many winners, we definitely were impressed with all the submissions.
Note: To watch the Awards Ceremony which took place on August 11, click here
Thank you everyone from the 100 Hours of Astronomy 2009 Task Group.
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Award One:
Largest number of registered events held by a single astronomy group, club or society
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Winner:
Centro de Estudos Astronômicos de Alagoas (CEAAL) - Brazi
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Highly Commended:
IYA Puerto Rico
Jiangsu Astronomical Society - China
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Award Two:
Largest single registered 100 Hours of Astronomy event
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Winner:
Jiangsu Astronomical Society - China
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Highly Commended:
RAMIP - France
Society for Meteors and Astronomy- Romania Images
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Award Three:
Community Outreach Award.
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Winner:
The Levin Stargazers - New Zealand
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Highly Commended:
Southwestern Montana Astronomical Society - USA
Camden County Library Astronomy Club - USA
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Award Four:
Most innovative 100 Hours of Astronomy event.
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Winner:
Manthan Educational Programme Society, India
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Highly Commended:
Navegar Foundation - Portugal
A.N.I.C. - Columbia
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Award Five:
Most complete astronomy club, group, or society member participation.
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Winner:
Centre for Basic Space Science, Nsukka Enugu State - Nigeria.
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Highly Commended:
Rixastro - Belgium
Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s Centre for Astronomy & Space Technology - India
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Award Six:
Most publicized 100 Hour of Astronomy registered event.
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Winner:
Sirius Astronomy Association - Algeria
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Highly Commended:
AUI/NRAO - Chile
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Award Seven:
100 Hours of Astronomy youth participation award.
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Winner:
Upmanya Moitra, Dhirananda Roy Study & Research Centre
India - Calcutta
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Highly Commended:
Robin Lee, CCH Astro Club - Malaysia
Elias Jordon, Kansas Astronomical Observers- USA
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Award Eight:
Outstanding Individual within a registered 100 Hours of Astronomy event.
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Winner:
Ana Maria Mourão, Centra/IST – Portugal
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Highly Commended:
Pro P.N Okeke, Centre for Basic Space Science, Nsukka Enugu State - Nigeria.
Paul Moss, The Levin Stargazers - New Zealand
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