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International Year of Astronomy International Year of Astronomy in the Czech Republic in the Czech Republic

National node: National node: Petr Pravec (chair) Petr Pravec (chair) Bruno Jungwiert Bruno Jungwiert Pavel Suchan Pavel Suchan (Astronomical Institute, Prague/Ondřejov) (Astronomical Institute, Prague/Ondřejov)

Garching, March 3­4, 2007 Garching, March 3­4, 2007

Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ondřejov

Dense network of public observatories, (over 40) and planetaria (7)

Involvement in past/current global events:

Venus Transit 2004 International Heliophysical Year 2007

Great recent events for the Czech astronomy Adhesion to ESO, January 1st 2007

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Efforts towards diminishing light pollution ­­> Connecting people to the night sky