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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

Forecast

AllSky camera: OAUJ, Kraków

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

On the sky

Jasna gwiazda Regulus o barwie niebieskiej na zdjęciu nieba.

The sky in May 2024

01.05.2024
During the first decade of May, bright and fast meteors from the Aquarides meteor shower will radiate on the sky. They are the remnants of the tail of Halley's comet. The radiant lies on the celestial equator, on the border of the constellations Aquarius, Pisces and Pegasus. The maximum of their activity falls on 5/6 May.
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