Wolfgang Gieren awarded Barba Prize
The prize honors esteemed astronomers for their outstanding contributions to the development of astronomy in Chile.
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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 Observatory Cerro Murphy (former Observatory Cerro Armazones), which is now on the final stretch. We want to wish all our...
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
Happy New 2022 Year!
Yet another year passed and we are thrilled to welcome 2022 with all its potential and surprises. In the Araucaria Project, we plan to build a couple of new telescopes in the Observatory Cerro...
Araucaria’s distance to the LMC awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science
The Foundation for Polish Science Prize 2021 goes to the leader of the Araucaria Project for the precise distance determination to the Large Magellanic Cloud.
We’re hiring
Two post-doctoral and two senior positions at Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, are available in the field of extragalactic distance scale.