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[Petnica Center 2010]
new equipment
Belgrade Astronomical Observatory – the oldest in the region (1877), granted a special award to the Petnica Center as a sign of recognition for its successfull continual activities in the popularization and promotion of astronomy.
Finally, after almost five years, Petnica Center successfully collected the money to upgrade computing facilities. Not just faster and with wider displays, but these new units spend far less electricity. During summer camps students have felt a “new fresh climate” in the computer lab. The fact was that old models completely anihilated air-cooling system in the computer room, making it the warmest place in the Petnica Center.
Ten new computers with 22” displays are installed in the Laboratory for Applied Physics and Electronics. They will help in activities such as electronic circuits’ design and simulation in experimental and theoretical physics.
Our Computer Center also got new equipment in order to improve services and support to the internal network system which is overloaded with increased demands in various profiles of Petnica Center’s activities.
Petnica Library holds about 1,100 new books and scientific magazines. Half of this number came in the form of direct donations from a number of institutions, companies, and individuals.
In 2010, because of the expecting facilities expansion and the serious investment both in new rooms and equipment, we did not acquire much new equipment in the Petnica Center. Well, everybody expects that promisses comming from the top of the country will be materialized very soon.
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