An asteroid “Kudritzki”
Our long-time Araucarian Rolf Kudritzki has now his own asteroid, 2012 XN58 “Kudritzki”. The new name of the asteroid was announced in the Bulletin of the Working Group of Small Bodies Nomenclature, Volume 3,...
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First light at the Polish Astronomical Observatory in Chile
In mid-April of this year, a newly-built 0.8-m telescope saw its first light from the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud
ASA is building telescopes in the Atacama Desert, Chile
Three new telescopes were installed in our Observatory Cerro Armazones in Chile. We documented this process with many photos!
Wolfgang Gieren awarded Barba Prize
The prize honors esteemed astronomers for their outstanding contributions to the development of astronomy in Chile.
New post-doc fellow in CAMK Warsaw, Poland
We are happy to welcome dr. Nikki Miller in Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland.
Happy New 2023 Year!
We’re entering the New Year with excitement about the renovation and expansion of our Cerro Armazones Observatory, which is now on the final stretch. We want to wish all our collaborators and friends self-fuelling...
The Araucaria Book now available online
In 2021 we’ve been busy working on a book that would summarize and highlight Araucaria’s most important scientific endeavours and their importance in the context of the extragalactic distance scale.
Successful PhD defense of Piotr Wielgórski
On October 28th we celebrated a doctoral degree obtained by Piotr Wielgórski.
Successful PhD defense of Bartek Zgirski
On April 29th we said goodbye to a PhD student and welcomed a postdoc in the Araucaria Project.
We’re hiring!
We offer 2 positions for PhD students and 3 positions for postdocs in the Araucaria Project