Today we are celebrating with our colleague Darek Graczyk, who obtained the title of doctor habilitated! Habilitation is a recognition of the contribution that Darek brought to astronomy – over the years he published...
An international team of astronomers under the leadership of prof. Grzegorz Pietrzyński from Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences measured the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) with an...
The Araucaria Meeting is a biennial event that brings together 24 astronomers from Poland, France, Italy, Germany, the USA, and Chile, who work on the calibration of the cosmic distance scale and related topics....
Applications are invited for one postdoctoral position at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (NCAC), in Warsaw, Poland, in the field of extragalactic distance scale. The successful applicant will work with Prof. Grzegorz Pietrzyński on...
With great sadness we inform that the Araucaria’s member, Zbigniew Kołaczkowski, passed away on September 22, 2018. Zbigniew joined the Araucaria Project in 2017, bringing to the team his knowledge of variable stars and...
Based on new observations and improved modeling techniques, we have re-analyzed seven Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Before we start an observing night, twice a year we get to see this gem: a marvelous sunset captured from Cerro Armazones of the setting Sun, that illuminates four Unit Telescopes of Very Large...
We present analysis of eclipsing binary star LL Aqr which contains a solar twin component.
We present the results of a study of the type II Cepheid in the eclipsing binary system OGLE-LMC-T2CEP-098.
We proudly present the scientific teams assembling the Araucaria Project. The Araucaria Meeting took place at the end of September 2017 in Crocow, Poland, and was attended by 23 people from 11 scientific institutions...