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Recipients of the AstronomyOutreach Awards, sometimes called the AstronomyOutreach Oscars, are selected from nominations and then reviewed by the AstronomyOutreach Awards Review Board.

The 2007 AstronomyOutreach Award™ Winners Honored!

Sponsored by Oceanside Photo & Telescope, the Astronomy Outreach Award honors the best in outreach and public education in astronomy each year in four categories: Individual, Professional, Club or Society, and Special.

The 2007 recipients include Gary Fujihara, Jack Horkheimer, the Riverside Astronomical Society, and Jose Oliveras.

Winners: 2004>2005>2006>2007
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Dr. Mike Reynolds is the former Executive Director of the Chabot Space and Science Center, and the first inductee to the AstronomyOutreach Hall of Fame!

AstronomyOutreach Hall of Fame™

The Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers will announce that it has appointed our first AstronomyOutreach Hall of Fame inductee, Dr. Mike Reynolds, as its new Executive Director!

Reynolds invites anyone who wishes to understand more about our solar system to join A.L.P.O.

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Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan

Space Exploration Outreach Ambassador Buzz Aldrin

Astronomy Outreach Ambassador Don Nicholson

Moon Phase from USNO

Sun Activity from SOHO

North Aurora from NOAA

This plot shows the current extent and position of the auroral oval in the southern hemisphere, taken during the most recent polar pass of the NOAA POES satellite.

South Aurora from NOAA

AstronomyOutreach Website Awards™

The AstronomyOutreach Website Awards are being established to recognize excellence in web sites that promote education and public outreach in astronomy.

[recipients coming soon]

In order to practice outreach in astronomy, you will need some tools to do the job. The SkyAtlas 2000 will help you gain a greater understanding of the sky to help you interpret the cosmos to others.

Tools for Outreach

Wil Tirion's masterpiece work in uranography is the SkyAtlas 2000

Tirion has been interested in stars and map making almost all of his life, and many consider his star charts an indespensible tool towards helping others understand the heavens.

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