Yvan Dutil is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 astrophysicist who, together with his colleague Stephane Dumas

Stéphane Dumas

Stéphane Louis André Dumas is a French basketball player who currently plays for Blancos de Rueda Valladolid.-Career:...

, in France: Stéphane Dumas, has created a noise-resistant coding system for messages aimed at communicating with extraterrestrial civilization

Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence is a branch of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence that focuses on composing and deciphering messages that could theoretically be understood by another technological civilization. The best-known CETI experiment was the 1974 Arecibo message...

. This system was used in the creation of messages beamed towards close stars from the Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope

Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope

The Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope is an RT-70 radio telescope and planetary radar at the Center for Deep Space Communications, Yevpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine. In the scientific literature is often called Evpatoria planetary radar .With its 70m antenna diameter, it is among the largest single dish...

 in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 in 1999 and 2003. He is also a member of the Bioastronomy Commission of the International Astronomical Union

International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...

 and of the International Academy of Astronautics

International Academy of Astronautics

The International Academy of Astronautics is an international community of experts committed to expanding the frontiers of space. It is a non-governmental organisation established in Stockholm on August 16, 1960....

's Permanent Committee on the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

He is also very active in fighting light pollution

Light pollution

Light pollution, also known as photopollution or luminous pollution, is excessive or obtrusive artificial light.The International Dark-Sky Association defines light pollution as:...

 in Québec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, specially about the creation of a Dark Sky preserve

Dark Sky preserve

A dark-sky preserve is an area, usually surrounding a park or observatory, that is kept free of artificial light. The purpose of a dark-sky preserve is generally to promote astronomy. Because different national organizations have worked independently to create their programs, different terms have...

 around Mont Mégantic Observatory

Mont Mégantic Observatory

The Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic is an astronomical observatory owned and operated jointly by the Université de Montréal, the Université Laval and the McGill University...

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The history of astronomy also attracts him, as well as the voting system reform and all matters of durable development. He also always asks a lot of questions during the meetings of the Mont Mégantic Research Centre.

External links

Autobiographie Site SETI Actif Velomobile World Market 2006

(Translated from the French Wikipedia article of the same name)