ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Eclipse - E-Ibaraki Report</title> <link rel="start" href="index.html"> <link rel="prev" href="upcoming.html"> <link rel="next" href="past.html"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="handheld" href="handheld.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="print.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="basic.css"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=Shift_JIS"> <meta name="description" content="Information updated monthly for foreign residents of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan"> <script type="text/javascript" src="basic.js"></script> <!--[if IE]> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ie.css"> <![endif]--> </head> <body> <div id="scrollwrapper"><div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"> <a href="index.html" class="imagelink"><img src="img/banner.jpg" width="419" height="80" id="banner" alt="E-Ibaraki Report: by foreigners, for foreigners"></a> <div id="headeritems"> <ul class="horizontal"> <li><a href="index.html">Site front</a> |</li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a> |</li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> <form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom"><div> <input type="text" name="q" size="20" maxlength="255" value="" id="googlesearchbox"> <input type="submit" value="Search site"> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="S:http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/bukyoku/seikan/kokuko/e-ibaraki-report/main.html;GL:0;VLC:#248391;AH:center;BGC:white;LH:39;LC:#248391;GFNT:gray;L:http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/bukyoku/seikan/kokuko/e-ibaraki-report/img/lilibaraki.gif;ALC:black;LW:31;T:black;GIMP:red;AWFID:c7fbd4d8e42af694;"> <input type="hidden" name="domains" value="www.pref.ibaraki.jp"> <input type="hidden" name="sitesearch" value="www.pref.ibaraki.jp/bukyoku/seikan/kokuko/e-ibaraki-report/"> </div></form> </div> </div> <div id="middle"> <!-- Beginning of page content --> <div id="contentwrapper"><div id="content"><div id="contentinner"> <h1>2009 International Year of Astronomy - Sun Eclipse</h1> <div id="headinfo"><div id="headinfoinner"> <div id="authorname">Amber Chang, International Affairs Division</div> <ul id="taglist" class="horizontal"> <li><a href="past.html">Past Events</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <div class="clear"></div> <h3>2009 International Year of Astronomy - Sun Eclipse</h3> <p>The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is here! Observe a partial eclipse of the sun with your own eyes!</p> <p>The year 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009), one of the international years as declared by the United Nations. The world will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilie in the 17th century. IYA 2009 is scheduled to include numerous global projects and public events.</p> <p>In Ibaraki, the prefectural government is going to hold an Eclipse Observation Event for primary and junior high school students:</p> <dl> <dt>Event:</dt> <dd>The International Year of Astronomy 2009 - Let s observe the sun eclipse!</dd> <dt>Date:</dt> <dd>July 22 2009 (Wed)</dd> <dt>Time:</dt> <dd>9:30-12:00 (Reception at 9:00am)</dd> <dt>Venue:</dt> <dd>Mito Lifelong Learning Center (0310-005404-1 Adago-cho, Mito City, Ibaraki)</dd> <dd>TEL: 029-228-1313 / FAX: 029-228-1633</dd> </dl> <p>P.s. Reservation is necessary  Please contact the International Affairs Division at 029-301-2853.</p> <p>This is going to be the first time in 46 years that a sun eclipse can be observed in Japan. 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