Following the great success of Catch a Star! in 2002 and 2003, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE) organize Catch a Star! again in 2004.

Visit the official site at ESO for more information on this exciting web-based programme and competition for students in Europe's schools. Catch a Star! 3 takes place within the context of the EC-sponsored European Week of Science and Technology.

On June 8, 2004, Venus - the Earth's sister planet - passed in front of the Sun as seen from the Earth.
This very rare event (no living person has ever seen one!) lasted for about 6 hours and was visible from most of Europe, Africa and Asia.

Following the great success of Catch a Star! in 2002, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE) organized Catch a Star! again in 2003. It took place within the context of the EC-sponsored European Week of Science and Technology (EWST) - 2003.

Mercury Transit on May 7th, 2003 is a prelude to Venus Transit 2004.
Follow the link for further information.

The Physics on Stage 3 festival took place between 8-15 November, 2003 at ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE) welcome all students in Europe's schools to this exciting web-based programme with a competition. Find out about the prize winners of Luxembourg by following the link above. Catch a Star! took place within the context of the EC-sponsored European Week of Science and Technology (EWST) - 2002.

The Physics on Stage 2 festival took between 2-6 April, 2002 at ESTEC in Noordwijk,
the Netherlands. The most interesting contributions from the national events were invited to take part in a dynamic week of performances, presentations, workshops and fair sessions.

As a member you will receive information through a newsletter. It willalso be possible for you to participate with articles. Furthermore, youwill get the opportunity to publish material on our web pages. You willalso get access to a widely spread network of people involved in the teachingof astronomy in Europe.

EAAE is working in alliance with TheEuropean Planetarium Network (EuroPlaNet).

• Fernand Wagner (President), fernand.wagner@education.lu
• Rosa M. Ros (Vice-President), ros@mat.upc.es
• Josée Sert (Secretary), jsert@ac-toulouse.fr
• Werner Warland (Treasurer), p50386@rp-plus.de
• Anders Västerberg (Editor), anders@astro.su.se
• Richard M. West (Honorary President), rwest@eso.org