Iran, Pakistan to hold StarPeace party

Iranian astronomers are set to hold an open-to-public star party near the Iran-Pakistan border as part of the StarPeace project. Amateur Iranian astronomers will observe stars in Goatr village in Chabahar on the coast of the Gulf of Oman on May 1, 2009. A group of amateur astronomers will also hold a star party in Pakistan's Gwadar Port. The event aims to show the vastness of cosmos to the people, who live in border areas and are therefore more exposed to political turbulences, IRNA reported. Organized by Iran's Astronomical Society and the non-profit, non-governmental SkyPeace Organization, the project is held to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. StarPeace project is meant to show there is no border in the real World and borders are a political concept made by humans. Four StarPeace parties have been held up to now, the first of which was held on Iran's Qeshm Island and Dubai in the UAE on Jan 1, 2009.