1) Public Contest Successfully Finds Names For Jupiter’s New Moons

Five Jovian satellites have now been given their official names, just over a year after the announcement of their discovery. The naming process involved a public contest, and the five names chosen for the moons were all taken from suggestions by members of the public.

Find more information here: https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19054/ 

2) Jay Pasachoff Wins the 2019 Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Past President of the Ex-Commission 46 Astronomy on Education and Development (2003-2006), Jay Pasachoff received the Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for 2019, honouring a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy, and for his lifelong endeavor as a popular and scholarly communicator in his outreach efforts. Previous winners of this prize include Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Dava Sobel, Patrick Moore, and Ed Krupp.

Read more: https://astrosociety.org/who-we-are/awards/klumpke-roberts-award.html 

3) Join the Upcoming Globe at Night Campaigns 

Globe at Night is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen-scientists to measure and submit their night sky brightness observations. It's easy to get involved - all you need is a computer or smartphone and follow five Simple Steps! So far in 2019, citizen-scientists from around the world have contributed with 7,962 data points! Help Globe at Night achieve their goal of 15,000 data points this year!

Check out the campaign dates and constellations for 2019 here: https://www.globeatnight.org/5-steps.php

4) Celebrate the International Observe the Moon Night 2019

Registration for the International Observe the Moon Night 2019 is now open. You can register your event, find materials to publicize your event, and review hosting tips on moon.nasa.gov/observe. Look for more updates as we get closer to October 5, 2019!

Find out more information here: https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon/annual-event/overview/ 

5) Run for Science in Bogota, Colombia

On September 14 in Bogota, Colombia, a “Run for Science” organized by the National University of Colombia (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) and supported by other institutions in Colombia will bring together science and sport in a creative way through an athletic race inspired by astronomy. Participants will have the opportunity to run a black hole the mass of our Sun (radius around 4 kilometres) and a neutron star the mass of our Sun (radius around 10 kilometres), and enjoy a wide variety of science activities.

You can find more information here: http://ciencias.bogota.unal.edu.co/corre-por-la-ciencia/

6) Celebrate the International Translation Day

On September 30, we are celebrating the International Translation Day to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, who play an important role in bringing nations together; facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation; contributing to development; and strengthening world peace and security (reference UN International Translation Day). In the upcoming edition of this newsletter, we will have a special issue dedicated to our IAU Astronomy Translation Network (ATN).

You can find out more about the https://www.un.org/en/events/translationday/

7) Together Under One Sky! -- Science and Art to Raise Awareness about Light Pollution 

The Children's Art Gallery of Greece (CAGG) in association with The International Astronomical Union (IAU) are organizing an international children’s art campaign with the central theme: “Together Under One Sky!”, using science art raise awareness about light pollution problem. Deadline: November 30, 2019.

You can find more information on the official website: https://sites.google.com/site/ppetogetherunderonesky/ 

8) 6th Asia-Pacific Space Generation Workshop (AP-SGW 2019) in Nagoya, Japan

On 23 and 24 of November 2019, Nagoya, Japan will host the 6th AP-SGW 2019, a two-day workshop for students and young professionals (aged 18-35 years) to discuss pertinent space issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Scholarship awards are available which will cover travel-related costs with up to 500 dollars (USD) for round-trip economy airfare, accommodation, and visa costs. The AP-SGW 2019 is supported by and held in conjunction with the 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), happening 26 to 29 November. The Deadline for Applications is 15 September 2019.

You can find more information here: https://spacegeneration.org/ap-sgw-2019  

9) 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/

e) First Shaw-IAU Workshop on "Astronomy for Education"
Date: 17-19 December 2019
Location: Paris, France
More information: https://www.iau.org/education/oae/shaw-iau-workshop/

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

10) 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.