15 years of NGC 300 distance
This exact day 15 years ago we published a paper that became a setting stone for our long-lasting project on improving the calibration of the cosmic distance scale in the local Universe.
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Reddening maps of the Magellanic Clouds
We present reddening maps of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, based on color measurements of the red clump stars.
Candidates for non-pulsating stars in the Cepheid instability strip
Surprising discovery of non-pulsating stars residing inside the instability of LMC Cepheids is further examined with the help of Strömgren photometry.
New post-doc fellow in Warsaw, Poland
We are happy to welcome a new post-doc fellow in Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland.
New PhD student in Warsaw, Poland
We are happy to welcome Gonzalo Rojas – a new PhD student in Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland.
New post-doc fellow in Concepción, Chile
We are happy to welcome a new post-doc fellow in Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
Habilitation title for Darek Graczyk
Today we are celebrating with our colleague Darek Graczyk, who obtained the title of doctor habilitated!
Even more accurate benchmark for cosmic distances
An international team of astronomers within the Araucaria Project measured the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) with an exceptional accuracy of 1%.
Araucaria Meeting 2019, Concepción, Chile
The Araucaria Meeting is a biennial event that brings together astronomers from Poland, France, Italy, Germany, the USA, and Chile, who work on the calibration of the cosmic distance scale and related topics.
Zero-point shift of Gaia DR2 parallaxes
Measurements of parallaxes of 81 detached eclipsing binary stars in the Milky Way allowed for the determination of the global zero-point shift in the Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2) parallaxes.