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The True Anniversary of the Telescope?
Wired: Wired Science — ... We're celebrating the 400th anniversary of the telescope on Oct 2 here at Wired.com, but much of the world is waiting until 2009, the official International Year of Astronomy. ...

Happy 400th Birthday to the Telescope
Auxiliary Memory — Hans Lippershey announced his telescope on October 2, 1608.  Quite a few sites around the web are celebrating that fact with fascinating histories, while other sites look to the future describing colossus telescopes to see first light in the next decade.  Astronomy is truly going through a renaissance right ...

Around the Web: the Year of Astronomy, Andrew Stanton, and Evgeni Tomov
Tor.com — ... encourages you to turn off unnecessary artificial lights in 2009, the Year of Astronomy. Light pollution obscures our view of the universe (There’s more than one star! Who knew?) and can disrupt bird migration patterns. ...

Hubble Snaps Image of Triple Galaxy, as Ordered by the People
Wired: Wired Science — ... the galaxies may not be close enough together to interact as they appear to be in the image taken by the Palomar Observatory near San Diego. The galaxies to the right and left show blueish lights, evidence of rapid star formation. Older stars are more yellow. The group is located in the constellation Virgo, 400 million light years away from Earth. The two bright stars in the right of the image are actually located in our own galaxy. NASA held the contest as part of the International Year of Astronomy in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the ...

Really cool Galileo telescope for $15
Slacker Astronomy — ... As you know, it is the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) as well as the 400th anniversary of the astronomical telescope. There is a very cool telescope that is part of these celebrations, the ...