Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) is hosting a cosmic art event using images from around the world - including images from Apollo astronauts. The event celebrates Global Astronomy Month 2015 (GAM 2015). The photos and artwork selected will be transmitted to the moon and back as radio signals, creating an art show on the lunar surface.

You can watch the show by joining in the Google Hangout or just watch the live stream embedded below! The event will take place Thursday, April 30 from 4 p.m. EDT to 5 p.m. EDT.

The OPTICKS cosmic art event will also include a special image from Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke, according to a press release. In 1972, Duke left a photo of his family on the surface of the moon. In 2015, a scan of that photo will be sent to the moon - then "moonbounced" back to Earth.

Alan Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut and "first artist on another world," according to the press release, will have one of his paintings moonbounced. "I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not," Bean said, according to the press release. Bean uses tools he used on the moon to create his works of art. The Bean painting that will be moonbounced is called, "Please Take Me Back Home."

How does it work?

The images are converted to radio waves and transmitted to the moon. The uneven lunar surface reflects and scatters the signals. The tiny fraction that remains is bounced back to Earth and received by the Dwingeloo radio telescope's antenna, where it is converted back into the original images. The resulting images show the effects of having interacted directly with the lunar surface.