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Ramadhan
2010/1431h
Press
Release from Sirius
The new Moon of Ramadhan will be born (conjunction) on August 10 at 4:08 Algerian local time. Yet at sunset, the very short stay of the Moon above the horizon won't allow its sighting in Algeria and anywhere in the World save possibly from South America... Read More |
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Sun and Moon now
 
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Sirius has opened
a forum
of exchange and sharing
It's open to all!
Go ahead and register !
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Astro Calendar 2010
(Chakib Benkenida)
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Few Sites
Worth a Visit
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French
Amateur
Portal |
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One
of the best ephemerid site (In French) |
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Well known Arabic
Astronomy site. News...Views...Articles |
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Site of the:
Syrian
Amateur Astronomy Association (saaa) |
A true gold mine |
Calsky: Perhaps the most complete astronomical observation and information online. |
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The Must site in Astrophotography |
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The New Electronic Magazine
produced by the Sirius Youth team led by Hicham. This is the experimental issue. Sorry only in Arabic at this time. Click on the picture to download
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View
Larger Map
The Ahmed Saadi Youth Center where the weekly
association meetings are held |
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The
"Nadi el-Maarifa", a weekly
radio show on Constantine Radio
produced
by our Association
...now in its tenth year of activity!
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Follow the program on line every Thursday 16:30-17:00 GMT
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The Ninth National Festival in Popular Astronomy: Constantine
29 0ct - 1 Nov, 2010
A new edition of this popular
yearly Astronomy meeting. This year's theme is "The Realm of the Milky Way". This event is held as part of the International
Space Week 2010 celebrations..... More |
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Return of the Sirius Team from Aleppo, Syria (01-09 Aug 2010):
The Algerian delegation to the 4th Arab Youth Meeting in Aleppo made up of Sirius members returned from a long periple having participated to two Astronomy conferences (both inAleppo and Hama) and to the Perseid metorites campaign from Damascus ... More |
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Return of the Sirius Scientific Caravan (22-30 July 2010):
The caravan made up of the laureates of "Cirta Science-3" scientific contest returned from South Africa after having visited the giant telescope SALT in Sutherland in Northen Cape... More |
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IPS 2010 at Alexandria
Sirius was represented at the Intl Planetarium Society biennal meeting at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The latest trend in planetaria, its conception and production, and the show production... More here |
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The
Grand Cirta-Science III Competition:
The Results on April 19, UEAK University
For the third year in a row, Sirius is organizing a
competition among the 500 brightest students of the Constantine
governorate High Schools. The prize for the first three laureates will be
a scientific & cultural visit to the SALT telescope near Cape Town, the largest telescope in the Southern hemisphere...More |
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Global Earth Sighting Campaign
A worldwide campaign to observe and record the magnitude of celestial objects according to the degree of pollution . Sirius involved its members on what is light pollution and how to fight back ..More |
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The
Harvest of the Intl. Year of Astronomy 2009 : It
was truly an annus Mirabilis for Algeria with an amazing number of events.
All that so that "Astronomy shines
in Algeria" for the International Year 2009...More
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Khartoum:
The AUASS Ninth Conference 17-19 Nov 09. Sirius
was there at this historical meeting while the Sudanese capitale
was polarized by the soccer game between Algeria and Egypt. It
participated with 3 conferences, an astronomcal exhibition, and
was officially honored for its "100 Hours of Astronomy"
international award. ... More |
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The
Constantine Galilean Nights. Constantine
22- 24 October 2009
A successor
of April's 100 Hours of Astronomy, it is another world wide instrument sighting program focusing specially on Jupiter ans its satellites. Sirius will
be of course present for the public with a rich program. Three
nights to show to the public the jewels of the Autumn sky...More |
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Ramadhan & Eid 2009/1430h
Press
Release for this year's Eid
Since
the Moon is setting before the Sun on August 20, which corresponds
to the 29 of the Lunar month of Shaabane, the crescent will
be impossible to see on that evening from all the places in
the World. We the first of Ramadhan was indeed asannounced on
the 22th of August..
As for the Eid .... Read More
Les
Contradictions de Bonatero... |
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The
Third Arab Meeting on Amateur Astronomy & Space Sciences going
full steam
Malek
Haddad Cultural Palace,
Constantine 1-6 August 2009
The
first arab meeting on amateur astronomy ever held in Algeria . It is organized jointly,
in the context of IYA 2009, with the Arab Union of Astronomy &
Space Sciences (AUASS)... Read
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The
China Expedition: Return
of the Scientific Caravane organized by Sirius to observe the
July 22 total Solar Eclipse from China
Twelve
Algerians from amateurs astronomers, to University Faculty members
to High School and University students, were part of this unique
adventure to watch the longuest solar eclipse of this century,
from the other side of the planet... Read
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