New! Pictures (8 Sept 09)

Foto:Gilberto Simon

The 12^th Global Hands-on Universe Meeting will occur in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 22^nd to 29^th, July 2009. The meeting will be divided in two parts:

• From 22^nd to the 24^th the Galileo Training Sections (GTTP)
• From 27^th to the 29^th the GHOU meeting

  Main Topics

  Workshop (July 22^nd-24^th)

  • GHOU@IYA2009 activities
  • Galileo Teacher Training Program (IYA2009 cornerstone)
  • Astronomical Software (Salsa J, Stellarium, Astrometrica, ...)
  • GHOU campaigns (Asteroid search, Supernova follow-up, ...)
  • Robotic telescopes
  • GHOU Resources
  • Hands-on Activities

  Meeting (July 27^th-29^th)

  • Hands-on Universe Around the Globe
  • IYA2009 Galileo Teacher Training Programme
  • Telescopes and Mining Astronomical Database for Education
  • Teacher Education/Development and Science@schools
  • Global Projects and Campaigns
  • Astronomy EPO and the community
  • Resources - Online, physical materials and distribution

  Local Organizing Committee

  • Maria de Fátima Oliveira Saraiva (UFRGS - Brazil)
  • Maria Helena Steffani (UFRGS - Brazil)
  • Rosa Doran (NUCLIO - Portugal)

  Scientific Organizing Committee

  • Carl Pennypacker (U.C. Berkeley, USA)
  • Rosa Doran (Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia, Portugal)
  • Roger Ferlet (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
  • Lech Mankiewicz (Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Poland)
  • Toshihiro Handa (University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Honfeng Guo (National Astronomical Observatories of China)
  • Susan Murabona (Africa HOU)
  • Pedro Russo (IYA2009 Coordinator)
  • Maria de Fátima Oliveira Saraiva (UFRGS, Brazil)