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International Sidewalk Astronomy Night 

In the late 1950's, John Dobson looked through a telescope at the Moon and immediately said, "everyone's got to see this!" and began making large telescopes and wheeling them down the streets of San Francisco to show "everyone" the Moon and planets.  “We aren’t born in San Francisco, we aren’t born in California, we aren’t born in the United States, we aren’t even born on Earth – we’re born into this UNIVERSE, and we need to know about it!”

Since that time "sidewalk astronomy" has spread around the globe. On one night, amateur astronomers will come together and offer the public a glimpse into the Universe. We'll be out showing the night sky to people as they come out of the movies or are on their way to dinner. We're setting up telescopes around the world on sidewalks near public parks, shopping malls, movie theaters, book stores and bus stops. 

On this one night, May 19, 2007, we become a global community of amateur astronomers sharing the wonders of the night sky with our local communities. On this one night, we will be united on this planet while looking out into the Universe into which we were all born.

                            www.sidewalkastronomers.us

 

Note: Please feel free to add your local club or personal contact information and also feel free to change the locations in the first paragraph. I've heard John change those locations to wherever he was speaking - "not born in Gubbio, not born in Italy, etc."