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The
Sixth National Fair in Popular Astronomy
Diaporama
(Pictures
taken by Mustapha Mouatsi, Yasser Mimouni, and Nassim Seghouani)
The
Salon
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Planning sessions of the Salon
at La Maison de Jeunes Les Terraces at Filali Constantine,
where the Association is holding its weekly meetings.
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 The
Salon held its promises. A large attendance of people
from all walks of life with a large proportion of youths.
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Hanging the banderols in
the streets of Constantine.
More1, More2,
More3, More4
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More help from Sirius members
on D-day
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His Excellency the Wali of Constantine
(Equivalent of the Governor in the US
or Préfet in the France)
honored us with his presence at the opening ceremony.
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The
Wali declaring the Salon open. |
An overall view of part
of the Exposition hall. |
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Visit
by youngsters of the Fair |
Abdeljalil
answering inquiring minds |
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A side of the Expo was
consecrated to the great observatories of the past.
A masterly contribution of Aicha Houki from the Sirius
Astronomy Association. |
Touching the planets. |
Some realizations of the Sirius members
were also on display. Here an interactive stellar
map of the Boulahia sisters as shown by Mustapha.
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A view of the lecture hall
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Various astronomical material on display
and for sale.
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 The
ENNA stand
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Zerdoumi & Zerdoumi
... on a starry background
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Younès flight
ready ... |
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The
Participants
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Prof. Oussedik head of
the Algerian Space Agency -ASAL-
in an improvised press conference for the benefit of
journalists present at the event. |
Among the special guests
of the Salon was Sid-Ahmed Boulil former Minister of
Transport and member of the parliament |
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The
AUASS was represented by Prof.Naimiy his president. |
Dr.N.Guessoum
from the American University in Sharjah was a much appreciated
lecturer due to his great lecturing skills. |
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The
CRAAG and the CTS regrouping...
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The
Jordanian Astronomical Association is a traditional
partner to our Salons. Here Sanaa Abdo a science education
expert and a noted meteorite observer |
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Here
the SAF team in full: From left to right, Georges Bouderand,
Philip Morel the SAF president, René Verseaux,
Dr Seghouani from the CRAAG, Patrick Fuentes, Roger
Ferlet, and at the right Smail Beyoud former Sirius
Association president. |
Er-Rassed
Club from the coastal city of Tenès
in Western Algeria
The
Lebanese Astronomical Association participated this
year for the fist time to our Fair |
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The
ENNA team explaining aerial navigation to the
public. |
Air
Algeria, the National Airline answered present .... |
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The
Kashfi Astronomy Club from Blida, |
 ...and
from Douera, in the Algiers region.
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The
Boni Astronomical Club from Annaba, with its high flying
display on the Solar System |
The
astronomy club from Medea in central Algeria with Hocine
Fahist playing in his usual role of dedicated public
communicator |
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The Auberge des Jeunes
(International Youth House) of Filali where most of
the workshops and sighting sessions were held. |
The reception hall |
Various educational,
cultural activities took place in the evenings... |
... to the great pleasure
of the participants. |
Mike with the Blidean amateur in traditional
dressing.
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Socializing |
Enjoying |
The
Lectures & Workshops
Here the roundtable on
the "Next Fifty Years in Space" going on. |
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Prof.H.Naimiy, Dean of
the Faculty of Science of Sharjah University, and President
of the AUASS, on Astronomy in the Arab world. |
Bouderand from the SAF
talking on the History of Radioastronomy |
Sanaa Abdo an educationist and able
lecturer from JAS |
Patrick Fuentes, the
SAF historian, on the early history of space flights
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Dr.
M.Taibi from CTS, Arzew, on the applications of spatial
localization |
Dr
N.Seghouani from the CRAAG, an habitual figure of the
successive Salons |
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Roger
Ferlet a well known astrophysicist and former President
of the SAF talking on astrophysics for all... |
Mike
Simmons from AWB in the States seen here in a reflecting
mood during a lecture. |
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A
workshop on CCD techniques led by P.Morel |
Discussions
"à batons rompus"... |
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Polishing
mirrors with René Verseaux from the SAF |
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 Analemmatic
dial in the middle of the display room by Fateh Aouana |
The
Theatre play, the Chorale & the Closing
Rehearsal of the "The
Space Race" show prior to the Fair |
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It
was performed in a masterly way, thanks in particular
to Bilal from the Constantine Regional Theater (Seen
here lifting his arms). |
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The
group on stage. Here we see Aymen (The teacher), Mosaab,
Sami, Norhane, and Batoul.
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Emotional moment: Korolev
(AbdelJalil) talking to Laika which returned lifeless
and blued by the lack of oxygen, or so it was believed
for a long time. Only recently was it revealed that
Laika lived only for few hours instead of the 7 days
claimed by Soviet propaganda... |
The theater group in
full before receiving a well deserved ovation from the
floor. |
First November tribute
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The
Chorale directed by Mohamed Chafeteih |
Invocations
and poetry reading by Rayyane |
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Kamal Boukal Director
of the DJS of Constantine handing out a gift to P.Morel,
the SAF president
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Dr Seghouani and Mike
Simmons from AWB |
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Aicha, the Sirius secretary handing out the present
to Sanaa Abdo from JAS
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Seghouani handing the presents to M. Boudjemai representing
the CTS and ASAL |
Prof. Naimiy (In black attire) receiving his gifts
on Thursday morning due to an early departure |
17P/Holmes:
The Comet of the Fair
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At
last a naked eye comet! The 17P/Holmes
witnessed an outburst and became visible few days before
the Salon. It swiftly spread to reach a large angular
diameter with a tiny hardly visible tail but a huge
coma. See also here a highly
processed picture of the Comet. |
The
participants getting a taste of what watching a comet
is all about |
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Estimating
magnitudes by the eye of an expert.
Using
a Nikon EOS to take shots at the comet and the star
field around it. See picture at right. |
A
drawing by P.Morel made on that night from the observing
site. The bright star at right is Alpha Perseus
(Mirfak).
And here is a picture
of the comet with a Nikon D80 taken by N.Seghouani in
collaboration with P.Morel. Here we see clearly the
comet close to the cluster Melotte 20 |
The
Jijel Corniche trip and other peregrinations
The Jijel area
More
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The Bridge overlooking
the Beni Haroun mega dam. It is one of the longest suspended
bridge in North Africa. |
The old lighthouse |
Admiring the paysage
from the top |
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A
rough sea and an ever changing weather |
A
picture of some of the participants. |
Visiting the "Marvelous
Cave" along the corniche. |
A group picture in the
natural cave (grotte naturelle) taken without flash. |
A small seaport on the
way |
Mike the "seaman"
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A night visit at downtown
Constantine the night of the 1st November to watch the
scout parade. Here some of the lecturers standing with
some scout groups. |
In the background of
Malek Haddad Culture Palace where the Fair was held,
an imposing structure: The Emir AbdelKader Mosque and
University. It is one of the largest mosque in Africa |
A view from the esplanade
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The court yard |
Under the dome |
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