New Araucaria member
We welcome in our group a new PhD student Mikołaj Kałuszyński.
Category: News in the team
Obituary notice
With great sadness we inform that the Araucaria’s member, Zbigniew Kołaczkowski, passed away on September 22, 2018.
Sunset over the Atacama Desert
Before we start an observing night, twice a year we get to see this gem: a marvelous sunset captured from Observatory Cerro Murphy of the setting Sun, that illuminates four Unit Telescopes of Very...
Araucaria Meeting 2017, Kraków, Poland
The Araucaria Meeting took place at the end of September 2017 in Crocow, Poland, and was attended by 23 people from 11 scientific institutions in six countries.
New member of the Araucaria Project
We are delighted to present to you our new member Zbigniew Kołaczkowski.
Araucaria Project on YouTube
Araucaria is on YouTube! And we start with this amazing timelapse from Cerro Tololo Observatory. Available in English and in Polish. Enjoy!
Grzegorz Pietrzyński wins ERC grant
Professor Grzegorz Pietrzyński has received European Research Council Advanced grant of 2.4 million Euro for “A sub-percent distance scale from binaries and Cepheids” project.
Speaking about measuring distances
If you understand Polish language, we have a treat for you. Araucaria starred in an episode of Astronarium series, the one about measuring distances in our Universe.
Konkurs “Science is Freedom”
Prof. Grzegorz Pietrzyński, together with the Araucaria Project, was honored with 2nd price in the contest “Science is Freedom” organized by Polish Ministry of Science.