Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy

The Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy (Polish: Fundacja Astronomii Polskiej im. Mikołaja Kopernika) is a Polish scientific foundation which aim is to support Polish astronomy by: financing research, founding stipends, propagation of an astronomical knowledge in the society and activation and stimulation of the astronomical community.[2]

Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy
Fundacja Astronomii Polskiej im. Mikołaja Kopernika
FoundedMay 1990; 34 years ago (1990-05)
NIP: 5260019499
Registration no.KRS: 0000091659
Focussupport of Polish astronomy
HeadquartersAl. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa [1]
Location
Area served
Poland

The Copernicus foundation is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland and Prof. Michał Jaroszyński is the chairman of the organization.[3] The Copernicus Foundation is a publisher of an Acta Astronomica - a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering astronomy and astrophysics.

History

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The organization was founded in May 1990. The first president was Prof. Marcin Kubiak, and the vice-president - dr hab. Tomasz Chlebowski. Long-term chairman of the Board of the Foundation was Prof. Robert Głębocki (from the beginning till his death in 2005).

Activity

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The Foundation is involved in both one-time and recurring activities in accordance to its statute. The notable actions include:

  • publishing of peer-reviewed scientific journal Acta Astronomica of international recognition regarding astronomy and astrophysics,[4] which is indexed in Science Citation Index
  • financial support of the Astronomical Olympiad in Poland[5]
  • support of annual Youth Astronomical Seminar of Poland (Ogólnopolskie Młodzieżowe Seminarium Astronomiczne)[6]
  • financial support of the conference of Use of Small Telescopes (Wykorzystanie małych teleskopów), Kraków-Koninki 2013.[7]
  • sponsor of the Software Systems for Astronomy - summer school (7-18 July 2014, Poznań, Poland)[8]

The Foundation participated also in the financial support of many issues:

  • stipends for best astronomy students (eg. Krzysztof Stanek (1991), Andrzej Kudlicki (1994), Przemysław Woźniak (1995) i Arkadiusz Olech (1996))
  • build of the Gamma-ray Bursts detectors by Prof. Lech Mankiewicz[9] (beginnings of the "Pi of the Sky" project).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy", institutional data in the Polish Science database of the National Information Processing Institute.
  2. ^ "Fundacja Astronomii Polskiej im. Mikołaja Kopernika", profile at the Polish Academy of Science website
  3. ^ "Data of organization no 0000091659", in KRS
  4. ^ Official "Acta Astronomica" website
  5. ^ Astronomical Olympiad website
  6. ^ Sponsors of the Ogólnopolskie Młodzieżowe Seminarium Astronomiczne
  7. ^ "Conference website "Wykorzystanie małych teleskopów", Kraków-Koninki 2013
  8. ^ Sponsor page of the Software Systems for Astronomy - summer school (7-18 July 2014, Poznań, Poland)
  9. ^ "Ach, cóż to był za błysk!" by Lech Mankiewicz (2012-06-13)

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