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ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN "DARK SKY" EVENT
ARMENPRESS
MARCH 25, 2009
YEREVAN
Armenia will too join the world fight against the climate change and
participate in "Hour of the Universe 2009" action.
President of the Armenian Astrology Company Areg Mikayelian told
Armenpress that within the frameworks of the International Astrology
Year 2009 astrologists will also participate in this action entitled
"Dark Sky". He called on everybody to actively participate in the
event and on March 28 at 20.30 pm switch off the lights for an hour
to show support to the fight against climate change.
"For astrologic observations the dark sky in night is very important:
thanks to it many weak stars are visible and new discoveries are being
made. During the event in Yerevan such images may be seen which are
not seen practically for instance Milky Way and Andromeda Nebula,"
Areg Mikayelian said.
The event for the first time kicked off in 2007 in Australia's Sydney
when 2 million people switched off the lights. In 2008 more than
50 million people of the world participated in the event. This year
the "Hour of the Universe" is aimed to involve 1 billion people in
1000 towns.
Since 2007 this event has been organized each year and the number of
participant towns and countries increases gradually. As of February 3,
2009 the number of towns which expressed readiness to participate in
the event reached 375 and countries 74. On March 28, 37 capitals of the
universe including London, Beijing, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Hong
Kong, Dubai, Athens, Rome, Buenos Ayres, Copenhagen, Moscow, Brussels,
Oslo, Las Vegas, Sydney will switch off the lights for an hour.
ARMENPRESS
MARCH 25, 2009
YEREVAN
Armenia will too join the world fight against the climate change and
participate in "Hour of the Universe 2009" action.
President of the Armenian Astrology Company Areg Mikayelian told
Armenpress that within the frameworks of the International Astrology
Year 2009 astrologists will also participate in this action entitled
"Dark Sky". He called on everybody to actively participate in the
event and on March 28 at 20.30 pm switch off the lights for an hour
to show support to the fight against climate change.
"For astrologic observations the dark sky in night is very important:
thanks to it many weak stars are visible and new discoveries are being
made. During the event in Yerevan such images may be seen which are
not seen practically for instance Milky Way and Andromeda Nebula,"
Areg Mikayelian said.
The event for the first time kicked off in 2007 in Australia's Sydney
when 2 million people switched off the lights. In 2008 more than
50 million people of the world participated in the event. This year
the "Hour of the Universe" is aimed to involve 1 billion people in
1000 towns.
Since 2007 this event has been organized each year and the number of
participant towns and countries increases gradually. As of February 3,
2009 the number of towns which expressed readiness to participate in
the event reached 375 and countries 74. On March 28, 37 capitals of the
universe including London, Beijing, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Hong
Kong, Dubai, Athens, Rome, Buenos Ayres, Copenhagen, Moscow, Brussels,
Oslo, Las Vegas, Sydney will switch off the lights for an hour.