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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

Noctilucent clouds over Germany at 10:48pm, local time. Author: Matthias Süßen - Own work

Noctilucent clouds over Poland

15.07.2024
At the beginning of July, vast noctilucent clouds once again illuminated the sky above the Lesser Poland region. It is still worth looking out for them, but hurry up, because the season of their visibility will last more or less only until the end of the summer holidays.
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Obłoki srebrzyste zaobserwowane na terenie Niemiec w2019 roku. Fot. Matthias Süßen - Own work

Summer sky 2024

01.07.2024
Summer is a season of long days and short nights, which are not very favorable for astronomical observations. Nevertheless, we will be able to observe many interesting phenomena in the sky during this summer holiday, of which the famous Perseids in the second decade of August undoubtedly deserve a special mention. Let us make the most of our free time to observe them.
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summer solstice explained (NASA)

Tonight (20.06) marks the start of summer

20.06.2024
Summer in the northern hemisphere begins today. It will last until September 22.
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Czerwcowe niebo 2 2024 roku - mapa programu Stellarium.

June 2024 sky

27.05.2024
June is the time of the shortest nights and beautiful dawn and dusk, comfortable for sky observation and the last spring walks. So we have short warm nights, which, although not favorable for astronomical observations, are the more precious for sky enthusiasts.
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Zdjęcie zorzy polarnej nad Suhorą w dniu 10 maja 2024 roku

Extremely strong geomagnetic storm over Poland!

12.05.2024
On Friday and Saturday night, sky watchers from many locations in Poland had the opportunity to admire beautifully, extended, multicoloured auroras. This is a rarity in our latitudes.
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