It is with great pleasure that we inform you that Star Party 2009 | The Largest IYA 2009 project of Sri Lanka concluded successfully, on the 26th of September 2009. The 12-hour event was attended by as many as 600 attendees together with the students. We also featured the live streaming with ustream.tv and we had following statistics for the full show. First Start Time: 10:01am on Sep 24, 2009 Last End Time: 7:07pm on Sep 25, 2009 Total Broadcast Time: 12 hours, 56 minutes Viewer Hours: 52 hours, 18 minutes Unique Viewers: 88 Total Viewers: 225 Average Number of Viewers: 4 Although Sri Lanka is a small island we believe in the fact that we could contribute to the general theme “The Universe, Yours to Discover” with the success of Star Party 2009, in terms of national contribution. Here are the final results of Star Party 2009 Champions: De Mazenod College, Kandana Runners-up: Sangamitta College, Galle Special Awards Award for Theoretical Round & Spot Test : Dharmaraja College, Kandy Award for Solar & Observation Astronomy : Royal College, Colombo Award for Constellation & Deep Sky Observation: Sangamitta College, Galle Award for Moon Mapping : De Mazenod College, Kandana Award for Planetary Observation : De Mazenod College, Kandana We would like to thank you for your support rendered in getting necessary publicity over the internet and other appropriate sources. If it had not been your corporation we would probably not have received such an exposure and a viewership like this. Thus the organizers for of the Star Party 2009 Anandian Astronomical Association, of Ananda College and Astronomical Society of Mahamaya Girls’ College, Kandy would be obliged for all the support granted. Thanking You, Sincerely, J D Prasanna Deshapriya (International Co-ordination) Star Party 2009 Team Additional resources are available at: http://www.starparty2009.com/ http://iya2009sl.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=124941&id=597140918&page=8 http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2225545 http://www.skylk.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=11%3Astarparty2009&Itemid=36〈=en