Sun-Day. Sunday. Get it?

Over to central Munich now, to see the 100HA event there. It´s been organisd by the Universe Cluster, Baader Planetarium, and Redshift-live.com, so should be ace.

There it all is! The weather´s not too good for solar observation. Oh well, let´s have a closer look.

Yep. Definitely the right place.

Dudes, lens caps. Come on now.

It´s some of the webcast team! Against all odds, they´re not dead.

Hello Barbara, from Universe Cluster.

It´s Jean-Luc, from the EPO \ EurAstro experience. Yay!

And other IYA2009 people. You´re all famous now! More or less. (Less).

The Baader Planetarium was in town. At night it´s being used as an observatory, but by day for planetarium-style shows.

The Earth and A GIANT FINGER!

Jan from Baader Planetarium helpfully set up a stool so I could use it to precariously balance and take photos into the planetarium. Does my insurance cover stool-related planetarium photography misadventures?

The end result was worth the risk. I think.

Here´s the telescope inside the planetarium. Around 3000 people per day have been visiting the Odeonsplatz set-up, learning all about astronomy, and telescopes in particular. It is the 100 Hours of Astronomy project´s aim to get one million people to look through telescopes, bringing the awe-inspiring sights first witnessed by Galileo 400 years ago to people from all walks of life.

FAIL.

But there were lots of people around, including amateur and professional astronomers helping out. And nuns.

Health and safety gone mad.

Pedro, IYA2009 Global Coordinator. What a poser.

It´s Lu again! Hello dude. Stop smoking. You´re supposed to be wise!

And Colleen, presenter extrodinaire! She´s on a bicycle. Is there no end to her talents?

That´s all for now. You don´t know how long it takes to make these blog entries!

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