Global Hands-On Universe Conference 2015. 4-5 August 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Abstract: No abstract available.

1. IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach
Sze-leung CHEUNG 張師良 チャン シー
リュン
International Outreach Coordinator, IAU OAO

3. IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach
Credit: NAOJ

4. IAU Executive Committee
Divisions and Comissions Working Groups Special Committees
Special Offices
-- OAD - Office of Astronomy for Development (SAAO, Cape Town, South Africa)
-- OAO - Office for Astronomy Outreach (NAOJ, Tokyo, Japan)
-- OYA – Office for Young Astronomers (NASL, Oslo, Norway)
-- Press Office (ESO, Munich)
IAU Secretariat
(IAP, Paris, France)
Administration of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)

8. The IAU Directory of World Astronomy
• to connect the international
astronomical community
• develop and maintain a database of
international astronomy outreach and
amateur networks associations
• platform for astronomical
organizations for joining the
NameExoWorlds contest
• The first phase of the homepage
( http://directory.iau.org ) was
launched at October 2014
• 2nd phase: global astronomical events
calendar system
• astronomical facilities database

9. 463 organisations from 64 countries has registered in the website (June 2014)

12. National Outreach Contacts
66 NOCs were selected. The NOCs are working together with IOC on distributing
news at national level and support OAOs’ work.

13. OAO Communications
1．Produce astronomy
outreach newsletter to
circulate latest astronomy
outreach events, updates
for the International Year
of Light, NameExoWorlds
contest，highlights from
some large-scale regional
projects and inspiring
outreach activities. The
mailing list contain 4000
subscribers.

14. • facebook.com/InternationalAstronomicalUnion
• @IAU_org

18. Light: Beyond the Bulb
Large Scale Exhibition
http://lightexhibit.org
Chair: Kimberly Kowal Arcand

21. The Galileoscope
Good quality telescope at a reasonable price
http://galileoscope.org/
Chair: Douglas N. Arion

22. A shipment of Galileoscopes arrives, USA,
23.11.09

23. Observing the moon with a Galileoscope, Ghana, 05.10.09

24. Online Tutorials
Cosmic Light Awareness
Education Kit, Dark Sky Awareness, DarkSky Apps, Online Tutorials
Cosmic Light EDU kit
PI: Rosa Doran
CoI: Pedro Russo

31. Shielding

32. Technical priorities for controlling the nightscape
• A. Use of Full cut-off fixtures

33. Glare bomb lighting a tree --
not doing a good job for the
parking lot
A full cutoff lighting fixture in the fog,
showing the excellent control of light
output.

34. The graph shows the visible spectrum, the human photopic sensitivity, the human
circadian sensitivity and the typical output of a blue-rich white-light LED light source.
CourtesyIDA

35. IFA,Univ.ofHawai’i
LPS
HPS
4100K
LED

36. Light Pollution Monitoring Network
• To establish a global network of monitoring light
pollution a way to well study the light pollution problem
globally, and at the same time draw people’s attention to
light pollution problem locally.
• One monitoring station was setup at NAOJ, and we
networked and installed different devices at 7 different
countries. In addition, a user workshop was held at NAOJ
at early January.
(The light pollution monitoring station at NAOJ, user workshop)

37. Monthly variation of night sky brightness across HK sites
Median value of NSB reading taken over 1 month
1. Ranking of different sites, reflecting ambient lighting usage, stays
roughly the same.
2. Monthly variation at a particular site due mostly to meteorological
or atmospheric factors such as cloud or particulate concentration.
darker in summer
brighter in spring

38. Set up Global Monitoring Stations
Sky Quality Meter - LE
400 USD each

39. “Light Pollution” of Radio Interference

40. 100 Hours of Light
• Friday to Monday / 25-28 September 2015
• Friday 25 September Researchers’ Night in Europe
• Monday 28 September Total Lunar Eclipse

41. www.iau.org/iyl

43. Public Naming of Exoplanet Systems

45. NameExoWorlds.org

46. Contact us
outreach@iau.org
www.iau.org/public
facebook.com/InternationalAstronomicalUnion
Twitter: @IAU_org