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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

Na ilustracji: Wieczorne niebo nad Małopolską 1 lutego 2025 r. (Źródło: Stellarium)

The sky in February

30.01.2025
In this theoretically coldest and at the same time shortest month of the year, the day in the Krakow area will already be longer by more than hour and a half. The Sun, while still residing mainly in the southern hemisphere of the sky, is nevertheless steadily climbing higher and higher on the ecliptic, making the day significantly extended.
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Parada planet w zimie 2025

January conjunction and parade of planets

15.01.2025
At the end of January, we can spot most of the large Solar System objects in the sky. And not just this one night!
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Mars w zimie 2025 r

Mars opposition – the best conditions for watching!

10.01.2025
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Styczniowe niebo w roku 2025 nad Małopolską

January 2025 sky

08.01.2025
On 4 January, in its annual orbital motion, our Earth was closest to Our Star, i.e. at perihelion, at a distance of just over 147 million kilometres from the Sun. This is a comforting fact for us inhabitants of the northern hemisphere, because from now on, the day will be lengthening faster and faster. By January, the day will be already 67 minutes longer in the Lesser Poland region.
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Fajerwerki-kompozycja noworoczna. Ondrejk - Praca własna, Bratislava; New Year 2005; FireWorks (Wikipedia)

The sky in 2025: Moon & planets, eclipses, comets and meteors

24.12.2024
We will soon welcome the New Year, in which it will be possible to observe the sky independently of events occurring on Earth. Periodic and unexpected phenomena await us this year. The latter, usually the most interesting ones and triggering many emotions, are often the ones we cannot accurately predict before.
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