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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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Phone: 12 6238 620
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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

Niebo w grudniu 2024 - mała mapka

December 2024 sky

27.11.2024
On Saturday 21 XII, astronomical winter begins. What will we see in the night sky this December?
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November sky at 2024 - Stellarium map

A look at the November 2024 sky

23.10.2024
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Niebo we wrześniu 2024 - Saturn widoczny nad horyzontem wieczorem 20 września.

Looking at the September sky

27.08.2024
In the skies, September is mostly a time of balance between the length of day and night. The latter are already getting longer and are often cloudless, favouring astronomical observations.
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Gwiazda nowa - ilustracja artystyczna: Czerwony olbrzym i biały karzeł okrążają się nawzajem, co prowadzi do powtarzających się, gwiazdowych eksplozji (NASA)

Waiting for the nova to explode in the Northern Crown

05.08.2024
T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is about to experience a massive explosion – one that will be visible from Earth.
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Perseidy - widok nocnego nieba ze spadającymi meteorytami, zdjęcie Petra Horalka

Perseid meteor shower – now!

28.07.2024
In mid-July, the Earth re-entered the annual Perseids swarm, the cosmic debris vaporised from the nucleus of periodic comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle as it approaches the Sun. Perseids can be observed in the sky even now, but will be most numerous at the peak of their activity between 9 and 14 August
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