1)  Moon Landing 50 Celebrated in Over 125 Countries Worldwide

The Moon Landing 50 celebration was conceived as an IAU100 global project to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon in 1969. The project comprises the largest coordinated Moon landing anniversary action worldwide with over 1 million people attending events in 128 countries.

Find out more: https://www.iau-100.org/moonlanding50-highlights 

2)  IAU100 NameExoWorlds Campaigns Being Organised Worldwide

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is organising the IAU100 NameExoWorlds global campaign that provides any country in the world the chance to name selected exoplanets and their host stars. Nearly 100 countries are currently organising national campaigns that will provide the public with an opportunity to propose names and to vote. We invite everyone to go to our official website, discover more about your national programs and take this unique opportunity to name an exoplanet and a star.

3) IAU100 Above and Beyond Exhibition Continues to be Featured Worldwide

The IAU100 Above and Beyond travelling exhibition that highlights 100 years of astronomy discoveries continues to be showcased globally. The exhibition is currently in Ireland, while the down-scale and poster versions have been featured around the world.

Find out more: https://www.iau-100.org/exhibition-update

4) UNIPAMPA Planetarium Inspires Thousands in Southern Brazil

Aimed to inspire the students and the general public with astronomy, with the support of the IAU100 Secretariat, the UNIPAMPA mobile planetarium has already visited 10 cities in the Pampa region (Brazil) and reached 200 pre-service teachers and more than 8000 children.

Read more about the project here: https://www.iau-100.org/unipampa-planetarium 

5) ArAS Program Trains Teachers in Palestine

The ArAS Astronomy Teacher Training Program provided over 60 secondary and high school Palestinian science teachers with modern training in Astronomy teaching.

Find out more: https://www.iau-100.org/aras-palestine

6) Astronomy Day at the Royal Observatory of Belgium

On 21 September, under the celebrations of the IAU 100th anniversary, the Royal Observatory of Belgium opens its doors for an Astronomy Day, organised by the Planetarium of Brussels, in collaboration with the FFAAB (Fédération Francophone des Astronomes Amateurs de Belgique) and the VVS (Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde). The program includes visits to the telescopes of the Observatory, observation sessions of the Sun during the day and of the stars at night, conferences, visits to the stands of amateur astronomy clubs and numerous activities for children.

You can find more information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/3226320454052531/ 

7) Be a Mentor for Einstein Schools

The Einstein Schools Programme is a global project of the International Astronomical Union 100 Years Celebration and is looking for mentors to encourage middle and high school students around the world to engage with astronomy and related sciences.

Find more information on how to participate here: https://www.iau-100.org/ensteinschools-mentors-call

8) Meetings and Global Events 

Here you can find a list of astronomy outreach & education conferences and events around the world. Plan ahead for a very special year for Astronomy, full of interesting events!

a) Astronomy Education Conference: Bridging Research & Practice
Date: 16-18 September 2019.
Location: Garching, Munich, Germany,
More Information: http://iau-dc-c1.org/astroedu-conference/ 

b) IAUS358: Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion — a roadmap to action within the framework of IAU centennial anniversary
Date: 12-15 November 2019  
Location: Tokyo, Japan
More information: https://iau-oao.nao.ac.jp/iaus358/ 

c) Art, Visualisation and the Cosmos in Education
Date 5-6 December 2019
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

d) Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education Conference
Date : 8-11 December 2019
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
More information: https://rtsre.net/

Have we missed something? Then share your astronomy outreach and education international meetings or events with us via outreach@iau.org.

9) IAU Astronomy Outreach Newsletter in other languages

-     Translations into Serbian are available, by Dr Liliana Gracanin from Serbia: https://twitter.com/IAU_srpski ;
-     Translations into Japanese are available, carried out by Akihiko Tomita through the Astronomy Translation Network: http://bit.ly/2xlNyCR. If you want to receive the Japanese newsletter translation, please subscribe to the Japanese Amateur Astronomers Association here: http://www.jaaa-astro.jp/jaaa-ml.html, or the Japanese Society for Education and Popularization of Astronomy here: http://www.tenkyo.net/;
-     Translations into Galician are available, by Martin Pawley, Agrupación Astronómica Coruñesa Ío, in Spain here: http://agrupacionio.com/gl/tag/boletin-iau    
-     Translations into Spanish are available by Emílio Zuniga, the Association of Amateur Astronomers from León, Nicaragua: http://asafile.blogspot.jp/p/blog-page_12.html;
-     Translations into Italian are available by Eleonora Piromalli, AstronomiAmo, from Italy here: https://www.astronomiamo.it/DivulgazioneAstronomica/Newsletter-IAU/last
-     Translations into Russian are available by Artem Mokhnaktin, Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovo. You can find the latest translations of the newsletter here.  
-     Translations into (European) Portuguese are available, carried out by Catarina Leote, João Ferreira & Jonas Souza through the Astronomy Translation Network (ATN) Portuguese Language Group (the previous issue can be found here).

If you are interested in translating our newsletter into your language, please let us know via outreach@iau.org.