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…
Category: News in the team
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! Habilitation is a recognition of the contribution that Darek brought to astronomy – over the years he published...
Araucaria Meeting 2019, Concepción, Chile
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....
Postdoctoral position in the field of extragalactic distance scale
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...
New Araucaria member
We welcome in our group a new PhD student Mikołaj Kałuszyński.
Obituary notice
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...
Cerro Armazones sunset
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...