International Year of Astronomy (IYA) Discovery Guides

Experience

Join the international celebration with these easy-to-use monthly guides.

Each IYA Discovery Guide includes:

• New theme every month
• Hands-on activity to explore the theme
• Featured celestial object and how to find it in the sky.

The Night Sky Network is a nationwide coalition of amateur astronomy clubs bringing the science, technology, and inspiration of NASA's missions to the general public.

We share our time and telescopes to provide you with unique astronomy experiences at science museums, observatories, classrooms, and under the real night sky.
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov

The International Year of Astronomy (http://astronomy2009.us) aims to help citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe through the daytime and nighttime sky. Learn more about NASA's contributions to the International Year of Astronomy at http://astronomy2009.nasa.gov

The Night Sky Network's International Year of Astronomy (IYA) Discovery Guides are supported and sponsored by the NASA Forums and missions listed below:

Space Telescope Science Institute's Origins Education Forum
Special Advisor: Denise Smith

NASA JPL's PlanetQuest Exoplanet Exploration Program
Special Advisor: Michael Greene

NASA Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)

NASA Education Forum on the Structure and Evolution of the Universe

NASA Education Forum on Solar System Exploration

NASA Education and Public Outreach at Sonoma State University

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Suzaku Mission E/PO Program

NASA's Kepler Discovery Mission