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In the Evaluation of the quality of research activity for 2022–2025, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education awarded Jagiellonian University A+ rating in the field of astronomy.

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APOD

Astronomy Picture of the Day
 

Exemplary sky picture from the apod.pl/apod service: a dusty nebula

 

 

 

Study program

Positive assessment by the Polish Accreditation Committee

Hyper-Kamiokande

Projekt „Hyper-Kamiokande” został zaakceptowany do finansowania w ramach programu „Wsparcie udziału polskich zespołów naukowych w międzynarodowych projektach infrastruktury badawczej” Ministerstwa Edukacji i Nauki.

 

Night under the Stars

Link to the event website
 

Decorational: Photo of the night sky with the central band of the Milky Way

 

 

 

Meteo

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AllSky camera: OAUJ, Kraków

Sky above the JU Observatory in Kraków, exemplary shot. Sunny sky with few clouds.

On the sky

Parada planet luty 2025 (mapka: Stellarium)

A look at the November sky

25.10.2026
Autumn cloudy weather can make it difficult to admire the starry night sky. During the day, on the other hand, our main focus will be on the Sun. Its declination is steadily decreasing, so the length of the day in the northern hemisphere is now getting shorter and shorter, while in the southern hemisphere it is getting longer.
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A look at the October sky

03.10.2026
This month, the length of the day in Lesser Poland will decrease by as much as 109 minutes: from 11 hours and 39 minutes at the start of October to 9 hours and 50 minutes by the end of the month.
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Niebo we wrześniu 2026

A look at the September sky

31.08.2026
Stars, planets, and moon phases this month.
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Lato w 2026 roku - zachód Słońca w dniach przesilenia letniego.

A look at the summer sky in 2026

09.06.2026
Summer brings long days and very short nights, which does not exactly make for ideal conditions for stargazing; however, there will be many interesting phenomena to observe in the sky during this year’s summer holidays. The August total solar eclipse—visible in Poland as a partial one—is undoubtedly the highlight of the month, alongside the spectacular Perseids and a lunar eclipse.
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Niebo w czerwcu 2026 - widoczne wieczorem planety

A glimpse of the June sky in 2026

25.05.2026
This year’s astronomical summer starts before noon on Sunday, June 21, at 10:25 a.m.—when the Sun, in its annual journey along the ecliptic, reaches its northernmost point from the celestial equator and marking the Summer Solstice
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