Double PhD defense in the Araucaria team
Extraordinary celebration: two PhD defenses in two days in the Araucaria team.
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Distance to the globular cluster M3 determined from individual RR Lyrae stars
The infrared surface brightness technique was used to determine distances to individual RR Lyrae stars in the M3 globular cluster. The average of their distances is 10.14 ± 0.19 kpc, precise to 1.8%. As an additional benefit, the radii of RR Lyrae stars were determined with precision of 0.5%.
European Research Council Proof of Concept grant for the project „Autonomous Observatories”
A prestigious European Research Council Proof of Concept grant was awarded to the project „Toward Autonomous Observatories” lead by prof. Pietrzyński and the IT team from the Araucaria Project.
New PhD student in CAMK Warsaw, Poland
We are happy to welcome Michał Radziwonowicz in Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland.
We’re hiring!
We have an open position for a data manager in the field of telescope automation
New post-doc fellow in CAMK Warsaw, Poland
We are happy to welcome dr. Henryka Netzel in Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland.
New post-doc fellow in CAMK Warsaw, Poland
We are happy to welcome dr. Frederic Marcadon in Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland.
New senior researcher in CAMK Warsaw, Poland
We are happy to welcome dr. Ricardo Salinas in Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland.
Projection factor and radii of nearby BL Her stars
Type II Cepheids might be an attractive alternative to classical Cepheids regarding the projection factor (p-factor), which is a crucial parameter in the Baade-Wesselink technique to determine the distance.
International Araucaria Meeting 2024, Paris, France
This year the extended Araucaria group met at the Observatoire de Paris, France, where the members presented their recent projects and discussed the future of the extragalactic distance scale.