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Wed 12 Dec 2008Midnight takes us into year to mark the telescope
A “LEAP second” added to clocks around the world, the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, and a Galway university professor dressed as Galileo Galilei – these are some of the highlights of the International Year of Astronomy which starts across the world tomorrow.
Some 135 states are participating in the programme initiated by Unesco and the International Astronomical Union to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first observations by telescope.
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