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Cerro Murphy Observatory
Cerro Murphy Observatory (Spanish: ''Observatorio Cerro Murphy,'' OCM; Polish: ''Obserwatorium Cerro Murphy'', OCM; German: ''Observatorium Cerro Murphy,'' OCM; full name since 2023 is Rolf Chini Cerro Murphy Observatory) is an international astrophysical project hosted by the European Southern Observatory, ESO Paranal Observatory and operated by the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The observatory is located on Cerro Murphy, which is a hill located to the southwest and below the Summit (topography), summit of Cerro Armazones, a mountain in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, south of Antofagasta. OCM is located at altitude and currently houses 5 telescopes, whose diameters range between 0.3 and 1.5 m (1 and 5 ft). The observatory was established in 2005, owned and operated jointly by the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) and the Catholic University of the North (UCN) until 2020, when it was transferred to the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center Of The Polish Academy Of Sciences
The Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (Polish language, Polish: ''Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika''), also CAMK or NCAC, is a Polish scientific research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. It is a leading institution in the country in the field of astronomy. History In the 1950s the Polish Academy of Sciences began planning for a new center for astronomers from all over Poland. However, a few years later the Academy's administration decided to withdraw from the project, and it was never funded. In the early 1970s a group of Polish astronomers proposed a new initiative. During an assembly of the Polish Academy of Sciences, professors Bohdan Paczyński and :pl:Józef Smak, Józef Smak presented a project for a theoretical-astrophysics institute, in order to overcome problems related to the high cost of building a telescope. In May 1971 the US National Academy of Sciences sent an envoy to Poland from Yerkes Observatory. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
