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Une Base Mondiale Pour Les Planétariums, Daniel Audeon 2017 Sommaire Association des Planétariums Le mot du Président, DIDIER MATHIEU ..........................................................................2 de langue française (APLF) Hommage à André BRAHIC, AGNÈS ACKER ....................................................................3 Centre Belle Étoile -rue Dom Pothier Les planétariums en pleine évolution, MILÈNE WENDLING ET DIDIER MATHIEU .................................4 88000 Épinal Adhésion Abonnements Astronomie [email protected] Jets issus de trous noirs supermassifs, AGNÈS ACKER ......................................................6 Conseil de l’APLF Du nouveau sur la formation des étoiles dans l’Univers grâce à Herschel et ALMA, ALAIN OMONT ....8 Didier Mathieu, président « Ces disques dans lesquels les planètes se forment », PIERRE BARGE .................................. 11 Marie-France Duval, vice-présidente Dernières nouvelles de Mars - Dernières nouvelles martiennes Marc Moutin, vice-président de Curiosity et de SAM, SAMUEL TEINTURIER ET MAËVA MILLAN. 14 Dominique Ducerf, trésorier Patrick Hamptaux, trésorier adjoint Spectacles Nicolas Fiolet, trésorier adjoint Des « TWEETS » astronomiques entre Varsovie et Toulouse : Milène Wendling, secrétaire naissance de l'archive des voix, LORIS RAMPONI ........................................................... 18 Marc Moutin, secrétaire adjoint La vie des Planétariums Véronique Dubois, secrétaire adjointe PARIS - Des étoiles en couleur dans le ciel parisien, CYRIL BIRNBAUM ................................... 20 Marc Moutin, relations internationales STRASBOURG - Un théâtre cosmique renouvelé Véronique Dubois, communication interne pour Strasbourg et sa région, MILÈNE WENDLING ET BENJAMIN ROTA ......................................... 21 Nicolas Fiolet, parutions VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ - Des nouvelles du planétarium Agnès Acker, président fondateur du Forum départemental des Sciences, ANDRÉ AMOSSÉ .................................................. 22 (Invitée permanente du CA) Jean-Claude Pecker, président d’honneur SPACECRAFTER : un nouveau logiciel libre pour les petits planétariums ! OLIVIER NIVOIX ............. 24 Directeur de la publication De précieux logiciels pour votre planétarium ! LIONEL RUIZ ............................................... 26 Didier Mathieu, président de l'APLF 2013… > 2016 !... Feu vert à la sécurité dans les coupoles gonflables, DIDIER MATHIEU ............ 29 Agnès Acker, Pédagogie / Culture professeur émérite en astrophysique, La figure céleste de l’Aigle, de Babylone à aujourd’hui, ROLAND LAFFITTE ................................ 31 Observatoire de Strasbourg PARIS - Rythme and blues, BRIGITTE DAVID ET CYRIL BIRNBAUM ............................................... 32 Comité de rédaction Nicolas Fiolet, VAULX-EN-VELIN - Le ciel des tout-petits, ANNA THIBEAU ET NICOLE GAGET .................................. 34 Milène Wendling, Nouvelle charte graphique de l'APLF. 36 Agnès Acker Les dernières productions du CLEA, PIERRE CAUSERET ..................................................... 37 Direction artistique GENK-BELGIQUE - Ils arrivent !...les astronautes du futur, SEPPE CANONACO ............................ 38 Sylvie Pelletier CONDÉ-EN-BRIE - Un planétarium au collège, SYLVAIN LOGEROT ........................................... 39 Mise en pages Bernadette Bayle Communication LAVAL - Les maternelles découvrent la nuit, JÉROME GALARD ............................................. 40 Dépôt légal Planétariums en réseau 2 e trimestre 2017 - ISSN 1254 7840 Imprimeur Colloque APLF à La Coupole, du 20 au 22 mai 2016, NICOLAS FIOLET. 42 Ott imprimeurs, Wasselonne WORKSHOP 2016 STRASBOURG - Des petits planétariums sous le ciel d'Alsace, YVES LHOUMEAU . 44 © APLF 2017 WORKSHOP 2016 MARSEILLE - Le temps des moissons, LIONEL RUIZ ................................. 45 www.aplf-planetariums.org L’astro en réseau ! ESTEBANN BOUREAU ...................................................................... 46 Planétariums 2017 Traquer les météores et cueillir les météorites : les programmes FRIPON et Vigie-Ciel, BRIGITTE ZANDA ..................................................... 48 En route pour l'IPS 2018, MARC MOUTIN ................................................................... 50 WPD : une base mondiale pour les planétariums, DANIEL AUDEON ....................................... 51 Quoi de neuf ? RSA Cosmos ................................................................................................ 52 Evans & Sutherland et Skypoint Planetariums .......................................................... 53 Zeiss - Sony ................................................................................................. 54 Sky-Skan a 50 ans ! ....................................................................................... 55 COTTON Division - Soutien artistique au Festival "Imaginales" ........................................ 56 Intégration d’objets 3D © Olivier Nivoix Index des annonceurs EVANS - SKYPOINT page 2 de couverture DIGITAL SKY - SKY SCAN page 13 SONY - COTTON DIVISION page 17 ZEISS page 36 André Brahic © AFP CITÉ DES SCIENCES page 3 de couverture Chaos at the Heart of Orion © NASA / JPL-Caltech/STScl RSA COSMOS page 4 de couverture Jeune public - salle de projection du Planétarium de Vaulx-en-Velin Publication réalisée avec le concours © Thierry Chassepoux - Vaulx-en-Velin Journal. du ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, Science et Société Planétariums 2017 2 3 Voie lactée ESO - La Silla - 21 juin 2016. © P. Horalek ESO HOMMAGE à André Brahic ANDRÉ BRAHIC, astrophysicien au Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), professeur à l'université de Paris VII à partir de 1978 et directeur du laboratoire Gamma-gravitation rattaché à l'UFR de physique, AFP travailla notamment avec © Evry Schatzman et Michel Hénon, Comment évoquer par des mots un être « solaire » en particulier sur les supernovae, « évoluant au-delà du quotidien, habité par la passion de découvrir la théorie du chaos, la dynamique des galaxies, les anneaux planétaires le cosmos et en particulier les planètes, et surtout et la formation du Système solaire de les présenter à des milliers de personnes de tous âges, « dont il est l'un des plus grands en partageant ainsi largement son savoir et son enthousiasme. experts mondiaux. Par AGNÈS ACKER, Observatoire et Université de Strasbourg Quelques témoignages : Azar KHALATBARI (Sciences et Avenir) Spécialiste de l'exploration du Système CÉCILE FERRARI, Le mot du Président « Je vous ai préparé 350 photos… Je peux solaire par les sondes spatiales, il en Astrophysicienne au CEA, professeure vous commenter chacune d'entre elles pen- Par DIDIER MATHIEU, président de l’APLF a suivi toute l'histoire pendant de nom- à l'université de Paris-Diderot (Paris 7). breuses années. En particulier, il étudia les dant un quart d'heure, mais je crois que la « Difficile de dégager quelques lignes de force, Voilà plus de 30 ans, François Mitterrand, Pré- vons, par exemple, dans les applications de la Fier de cette reconnaissance, je propose que anneaux des planètes géantes et élabora Villette ferme à une heure du matin ! Enfin, forcément réductrices, dans un tel moment et de sident de la république, inaugurait la Cité des chirurgie de l’œil par rayon laser, la gestion in- l’APLF conforte encore davantage son ancrage l'un des principaux modèles concernant les vous m'arrêterez quand vous voulez ! ». résumer un homme à quelques phrases. André Sciences et de l'Industrie de la Villette. C'était formatique d’énormes quantités de données dans les valeurs éducatives et citoyennes de anneaux de Saturne. En 1984, il découvrit, À la Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie de était une présence, une empathie, une joie, une en 1986, la Culture Scientifique et Technique ou l’utilisation du rayonnement infrarouge et la diffusion des connaissances auprès du en collaboration avec William Hubbard, les la Villette, à Paris, la salle était pleine à impulsion, un futur, une force gravitationnelle, (CST) faisait ses premiers pas, tout comme du GPS dans notre vie quotidienne. jeune public, d’ouvrir encore plus les jeunes anneaux et les arcs de Neptune, cinq ans craquer ce soir de novembre 2014. Ceux une ouverture à tous les possibles, une transmis- l’APLF, créée en 1985 sous l’impulsion Ainsi, les planétariums sont depuis l’origine, aux sciences et de susciter notamment leur avant leur confirmation photographique par qui s'étaient assis sur les marches, délo- sion, un don… Il visait au cœur. Ceux qui l'ont d’Agnès Acker, astrophysicienne de l’Observa- des lieux connus et reconnus, indissociables intérêt pour des carrières scientifiques et la sonde Voyager 2. gés pour des raisons de sécurité, n'hési- côtoyé sont porteurs, sans doute, d'une petite toire astronomique, également à l’origine du du champ de la CST, porteurs emblématiques technologiques. taient pas à rester debout. Vaille que vaille, Les anneaux de Neptune sont au nombre pépite, d'une pensée, d'un souvenir qui, à peine planétarium de Strasbourg. À cette époque, de la culture des sciences de l’astronomie. jusqu'au bout de la nuit, ils tiendraient le de cinq dont les noms sont, du centre vers effleuré, les fait sourire, leur donne un nouvel les planétariums en France se comptaient sur Plus globalement, la CSTI recouvre tous les Dans la continuité des années précédentes, coup pour écouter, rire et rêver avec l'as- l'extérieur, Galle, Le Verrier, Lassell, Arago et élan, leur fait croire en un avenir brillant. 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