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Date: 21 January 2009 Depicts: IAU president visiting the Groningen Discovery Truck Location: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France Copyright: Theo Jurriens Show in archive: true
Peter Barthel (second from left), shows IAU President, Catherine Cesarsky (centre) some of the hands-on, infrared experiments on the Groningen Discovery Truck. The truck was located outside the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy.