The
weekly radio show"Dounia el-Ouloum" on Constantine Radio produced
by our Association, has become "Nadi el-Maarifa"
...now in its 14th year of activity! -
Follow
the program on line every Friday 17:30-18:30
UT on FM 93.9
The
13th Popular Astronomy Festival :Constantine, 25-27 Sept - 2014: Bringing Cosmology to the public Amateur and professional astronomers from
all over the region will be converging to Constantine.. The theme this year will be "Man & the Cosmos" and there will be like usual a rich program. It is also a celebration of World Space Week 2014, although due to Eid al-fitr coming in early October we had to advance the date by a week..... More
here.
Rewarding the Laureates of Cirta-Science6 with a modern day adventure: 08-15 Sept - 2014:. From LHC at its two mammoth detectors ATLAS and CMS, to the Paul Scherrer Institute at Zurich, to the Leibstadt nuclear power plant, to Einstein apartment at Bern, to the Geneva observatory and much more. A septimana mirabilis for the 12 youths of this scientific caravan which crisscrossed this peaceful land... More
here.
Ramadhan pages for 2014/1435h The Eid celebration should be on Tuesday July 29 for Algeria and the Muslim World according to the crescent visibility and the various astronomical visibility criteria. It could only be Monday 28 of July if based on a visual crescent mis-identification in Algeria or the Arab countries, or if one use the strict computation method uncorrelated with the direct crescent visibility....Read
More
Along
the Path of Eratosthenes :
21 June 2014:
Constantine Measuring
Earth's diameter 2200 years after the Alexandrian scholar,
that's what hundreds of kids and adults alike will do in
partnership with a network of associations across Algeria
and the World. Sirius is also part of the SAF and AFA network
Journée du Soleil- Pierres Bourge" as well as
the network of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ... More
here.
Sirius
in Central Africa for the Nov 3, 2013 total Solar Eclipse
: Sirius
was invited to participate to the observation campaign for
the total solar eclipse going through the heart of Africa
after having crossed the Atlantic ocean. Its president was
also requested to give public lectures and astronomy workshops
at Libreville.. Here is a photoreportage
of the trip to Gabon.
The
Constantine Cosmic Caravan with Prof.Oluseyi
:
October 6, 2013 Thanks
to the US Cultural Section al Algiers, we were able to have
Prof. Oluseyi, a cosmologist and science media star from
Florida Institute of Technology to give a series of lectures
to the general public, an University audience and Middle
School students. Following the trail of the speaker ...More here.
The
Popular Astronomy Festival
in its 12th Edition :Constantine,
3-5 0ct - 2013 Bringing together amateur and professional astronomers from
all over the region, that's the ambition of these epoch
making popular Festivals. This year's theme chosen by "World
Space Week" is : Exploring
Mars - Discovering Earth ". We will be discussing the new wave of robotic exploration
spacecrafts to the Red Planet.... More
hereand some
pictures.
Cirta-Science
5: to the land of the Rising Sun:
Japan ,
10-17 Sept - 2013 The
three laureates of the year 2013 competition went to Japan
and visited the Nobeyama radiotelescope and the legendary
Mount Fuji in addition to various cultural and tourist
peregrinations in and around Tokyo. The group made it
through a typhoon and a (mild) earthquake... More
here
Special
Ramadhan pages for 2013/1434h The Eid
celebration could either be on Thursday August 8 (No
account for crescent sighting) or on Friday August 9 according
to effective crescent sighting. See our press releases Here
and Here
... As for Ramadhan beginning,
the conjunction of the new Moon will be on July 08 at 07:14
UT. The crescent won't be visible anywhere in Algeria as
the Moon sets before the Sun in Northern Algeria... Read More
Concluding
a busy Year 2013 :
6 of July,
Constantine It
was a long year and all needed a break. An end of the year
event was organized at Mansoura's Youth House to celebrate
the season's end, assess the year long achievements and
congratulate those who graduated. A festive ambiance among
much astronomical animation. ... More
here.
Along
the Path of Eratosthenes :
20 -June 2013 Measuring
Earth's diameter 2200 years after the Alexandrian scholar,
that's what hundreds of kids and adults alike did from Constantine
in coordination with the Astronomy section at the Bibliotheca
Alexandrina . Sirius set up a regional network spanning
Algeria from East, to West and South reaching till the Djerba
Island in Tunisia. The diameter results were quite close
to those expected ... More
here.
Back
to the Big Bang :
16 May -2013 A
series of lectures organized by Sirius at Constantine University
at the occasion of the physics Masterclass organized by
the LPMPS Labo and ICTP-Udine LHC group. The speakers were
two high energy experimental physicists from Trieste in
Italy. It was about the physics of the LHC and how it may
help us understand the Universe at Big Bang time ...More
here.
The Constantine
Cosmic Caravan in action
:
April 19, 2013 Launched
to coincide National Student Day, the Constantine Cosmos
Caravan kick off was from the heartland of the Engineering
bloc of Constantine University at the Chaabat Errassas
campus on 19th of April. Large crowds were there to take
the fascinating journey through day long planetarium shows
and an exquisite astronomy exhibit ... More
here.
More Here on the Previous Sirius Activities (Prior to 2013): Page 3, Page 4, Page 5 ... . The
Scrolling List of events: Recent events ( 2012 onwards): Events from year 1996 to 2012 :
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