The planetarium science center psc, in collaboration with intel co. Located on the third floor f3 of the bibliotheca alexandrina, the nobel section is dedicated to serving scholars and researchers. The bibliotheca alexandrina is built on a magnificent site. The collections at the bibliotheca alexandria were donated from all over the world. This software not only shows you the sky from earth, but also allows you to fly to other locations and view the sky from there. Planetarium science center bibliotheca alexandrina. This entry is a list of permanent planetariums, including software and manufacturers. Select the solar system object from the list of available objects. Apr 11, 2016 data centre software security devops business personal tech. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Planetarium science center alexandria, egypt medical. Bibliotheca alexandrina alexandria, egypt skyscrapercity. Planetarium software refers to software that creates a three dimensional image of the sky on a two dimensional computer screen.
The digital assets repository dar is a system developed at the bibliotheca alexandrina ba by the international school of information science isis to create and maintain digital library collections and preserve them to future generations, as well as providing free public access to the librarys digitized collections through a webbased search and browsing facilities via dars website. Skymap pro skycharts cartes du ciel hallo northern sky exined redshift. The conference center and library, although independent, share some facilities and the plaza of culture. The bibliotheca alexandrina lies alongside the university of alexandria faculty of arts campus, in shatby, and overlooks the mediterranean sea along a substantial portion of its northern frontage. Names 2018 was hosted by the bibliotheca alexandrina ba planetarium.
The bibliotheca alexandrina is a revival of the legendary ancient library built in classical greek times. This system is a simulation project to the actual satellite systems held by space technology program planetarium science center in bibliotheca alexandrina, the author of this repository was the head of software development department of this program. It displays stars, constellations, planets, nebulae and others things like ground, landscape, atmosphere, etc. Note that while the library has a wide range of kidfriendly activities and diversions, little ones under the age of six are not admitted to the library room. They are also used for training in celestial navigation. The bibliotheca alexandrina is a learning space that offers information in all its formats, through its collections of books, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, multimedia, and electronic resources, and most importantly, customized services to its users. How furniture influences learning butterfly effect. This program introduces the scientific participles of remote sensing. Bibliotheca alexandrina is located on a superb site on the historic eastern harbor of alexandria, almost exactly where the old library and the royal palace of the ptolemies once stood, the complex comprises three main elements. Focus on bibliotheca alexandrina, egypt emerald publishing. Tours of the bibliotheca alexandrina run every 45 minutes in english between 11. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file.
Zobacz pelny profil uzytkownika yomna zabady i odkryj jegojej kontakty oraz pozycje w podobnych firmach. Wyswietl profil uzytkownika yomna zabady na linkedin, najwiekszej sieci zawodowej na swiecie. Bibliotheca article about bibliotheca by the free dictionary. An important objective of this software is to take into account the main catalogues available to professional and amateur astronomers in order to. Add other objects using the add button useful feature when visualizing close conjunctions between objects. It is the first time that i see a company providing software to amateurs that charges for their support. Bibliotheca alexandrina a symbol for the digital age. This file is licensed under the creative commons attribution 3. The nobel section reflects the essence behind the celebrated nobel prize, an international award given yearly since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economic science. Google earth is no longer limited to great satellite. The bibliotheca alexandrina planetarium science center will mark.
Bibliotheca alexandrina bibliotheca alexandrina qwe. However, in the words of bibliotheca alexandrinas ba current director. At the center of the bacc, the hexagon is the hub of the francophone library and the meeting point of all francophone. The planetarium science center psc is an affiliate center of the bibliotheca alexandrina ba. The 20th biennial conference ips 2010, june 2630 at the bibliotheca alexandrina in alexandria, egypt the 21st biennial conference ips 2012, july 2226 at the irene w. This program was designed to be a planetarium simulator with an emphasis on practical usefulness to the average amateur astronomer. It is only available for the microsoft windows operating system all versions. Intel basef brings together students in grades 912. Psc is an independent, notforprofit educational foundation. In addition, many mobile planetariums exist touring venues such as schools. A planetarium software that shows a 3d simulation of the night sky stellarium renders 3d photorealistic skies in real time with opengl. The rebuilding of the library has returned alexandria to its former status as a centre for learning and exchange and provided the city with a landmark building.
The psc is an ideal place to enjoy a day of fun learning. The planetarium comprises 2 fisheye projectors, 100 seats, diameter 14. Egypts bibliotheca alexandrina to provide live tours online egypt. It has a shelf space of eight million books, with the main reading room of the main. Bibliotheca alexandrina planetarium science center.
Virtual sky celestia virtual moon atlas dance of the planets prism nuit. Bibliotheca alexandrina alexandria, egypt attractions. The construction of the bibliotheca alexandrina in alexandria, egypt, marks the revival of the role and spirit of. The bibliotheca alexandrina francophone library, in cooperation with the sawiris foundation for social development, and several partners in france has also launched a training for the bibliotheca alexandrina francophone librarians. Planetarium science center midyear program 2020 bibliotheca. C2a computer aided astronomy is a planetarium software that allows you to build detailed views of stellar fields. A planetarium is a theater built to show educational and entertaining presentations about astronomy and the night sky. The planetarium science center is a department in the bibliotheca alexandrina in alexandria, egypt. History of ips international planetarium society, inc. It primarily targets children and youth, who are the future and hope of egypt. The benefit of using thesky is their extensive database, ability to remotely control a computerized telescope, and work seamlessly with their other popular product, ccdsoft. This project is a collaborative work between ibm and bibliotheca alexandrina based on a research work conducted in ibm center for advanced studies in cairo cas. The skyx by software bisque is probably the most popular planetarium software available.
It is both a commemoration of the library of alexandria that was lost in antiquity, and an. Software bisque provides support to customers via their community forum and their knowledge base. Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. Legendary bibliotheca alexandrina and scopus sign ground. The bibliotheca alexandrina is a grandiose egyptian state project to have a library as. Jul 08, 2010 the new bibliotheca alexandrina is a public research library integrated within a complex of specialized libraries, museums, exhibition areas, educational centers, a planetarium, a library and information school and an international conference center. Bibliotheca alexandrina view past planetarium toward. Planetarium exploratorium biblotheca alexandrina on. At its height in the third century bc, the bibliotheca alexandrina was said to have housed 700,000 papyrus manuscripts. Walker, academic program coordinator at the australian national university, and.
So numeric images become a performative and highly social product as well. Desktop universe thesky starry night pro starry night enthusiast the guide. The legendary bibliotheca alexandrina was rebuilt in 2002 and is well on its way to achieving its mission as egypts worldclass center of learning, offering millions of books, a centre for internet and internet archives, three museums, a planetarium, two permanent exhibitions, six art galleries, a conference centre and seven research institutes. The french also donated, giving the library documents dealing with the building of the suez canal. It shows a realistic sky in 3d, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. Distant suns deep sky 2000 alpha centaure the earth centered universe.
The planetarium at the bibliotheca alexandrina, alexandria, egypt paul panayiotousimeestock photo bing canada wallpaper. You can select different intensities in the view window. It is an independent nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to increasing the publics awareness, interest, and understanding of science and technology through entertainment. The planetarium science center psc is an ideal place to enjoy a day of fun learning. I read some posts about this question and it depend who is replying to you. A special museum for underwater monuments discovered in the eastern harbour is located under the planetarium. It is both a commemoration of the library of alexandria that was lost in antiquity. As such, it is a center for learning, tolerance, dialogue and undesrtanding. Bibliotheca alexandrina maintains the only copy and external backup of the internet archive. The planetarium science center is a department in the. The new bibliotheca alexandrina is a public research library integrated within a complex of specialized libraries, museums, exhibition areas, educational centers, a planetarium, a library and information school and an international conference center.
Bibliotheca alexandrina buys a huawei superdupercomputer. The cultural communication sector of the bibliotheca alexandrina launched an. It aims to intrigue them through interactive exhibitions, workshops, and other programs. The spanish donated documents that detailed the ruling of the moors. The ba planetarium science center organizes its midyear program 2020 for children and young people aged 4 15 years, from sunday, 26. Software sky planetarium as an avid amateur astronomer who also has interests in software development ive worked for many years, on and off, developing this planetarium software. The bibliotheca alexandrina has developed cuttingedge optical character recognition software to capture arabic script, making it possible to digitize great portions of its collections. Jan 4, 2020 the bibliotheca alexandrina is built on a magnificent site alongside alexandrias ancient harbor in the historic center of the city. The live programs will be broadcast directly on the librarys youtube. Committed to education and community development, pci geomatics has provided the library with 2 copies of its premiere software suite geomatica.
Alexandrias planetarium science centre launches summer. An important objective of this software is to take into account the main catalogues available to professional and amateur astronomers in order to prepare observations on small fields as well as. The concept for the imachinations at the bibliotheca. It promotes the concept of science centers as an educational tool.
The vista team has implemented the visualization of the simulation results, provided by cas, on the cave system to provide new insights and better understanding. Bibliotheca alexandrina je trojjazycne, ktery obsahuje knihy v klasicke arabstine, anglictine a francouzstine. This repository contains some of the project contents, others are under nondisclosure agreement that can not discuss the contents in public. Our online planetarium allows to compute the coordinates of planets, comets and asteroids and visualize them in the sky with respect to stars and constellations. The project consists of the library, a planetarium. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way. Bibliotheca alexandrina planetarium science center ecsite.
The ba planetarium science center psc is an independent, notforprofit. A free, opensource software called stellarium is probably a good place to start. Pci geomatics supports bibliotheca alexandrina gim. The planetarium science center of bibliotheca alexandrina promotes the concept of science centers as an educational tool. From my own, starry night pro plus 6 is the best and i use it for a while, some will tell you free stellarium is the only one they like i too like it, some will come with other software.
Bibliotheca alexandrina aga khan development network. The psc hosted the secretariat office of the north africa and middle east network of science centers names in 2006. Pci geomatics will be supporting the new library of alexandria, bibliotheca alexandrina ba in egypt. The planetarium science center is a department in the bibliotheca alexandrina in alexandria. Data centre software security devops business personal tech. Sciplanet is a quarterly edutainment science magazine published by the bibliotheca alexandrina planetarium science center psc. Staffed by 120 employees over two shifts a day, seven days a week, the onsite digitization lab has processed,000 volumes, making it the largest collection. The bibliotheca alexandrinas planetarium science centre psc has announced its 2012 summer youth program of scientific contests. Library new in 2002 in alexandria egypt travel photos.