Organization

The "Multi-site Federated Live Broadcast of Giant Eclipse, International Year of Astronomy 2009" is

Guided by:

• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); International Astronomical Union (IAU); and IYA2009 Secretariat
  

Organized by:

• Chinese Astronomical Society; Astronomical Population Network Committee, CAS
  

Initiated by:

• National Astronomical Observatories, CAS (NAOC); Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA); Computer Network Information Center, CAS (CNIC); Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS (SHAO)
  

Undertaken by:

• NAOC, SHAO, CNIC, MSRA, Beijing Planetarium (BJP), Taipei Astronomical Museum (TAM), Huazhong Normal University (CCNU), Chongqing University (CQU), Kunming University of Science and Technology (KMUST), China Three Gorges University (CTGU), Chia-Yi Amateur Astronomers association 
             
  
  
  

Supported and Sponsored by:

• Xinhua News Agency; Heilongjiang TV; Sanxia Online; Datavideo; PPLive
  
  
  

Cooperated Medias by:

• People's Daily Online; Sohu; *Astronomia.PL*; Jiangsu TV; Anhui TV; VODONE; Asahi Broadcasting Corporation; QQ; DDB Worldwide;Associated Press Television News; Malaysia StarGazer; Zhejiang TV; Chongqing TV; Netease; SinaTech; BTV; BOE Taoyuan County Government; Nanjing Longhoo.net; BUPT; Xinhua News; Tsinghua Universtity;