The Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy ( pl, Fundacja Astronomii Polskiej im. Mikołaja Kopernika) is a Polish scientific

foundation Foundation may refer to: * Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization ** Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S. ** Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause ...

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. The Copernicus foundation is headquartered in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, Poland and Prof. Michał Jaroszyński is the chairman of the organization. The Copernicus Foundation is a publisher of an

Acta Astronomica ''Acta Astronomica'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering astronomy and astrophysics. It was established in 1925 by the Polish astronomer Tadeusz Banachiewicz. Initially, the journal published articles in Latin, later English ...

- a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering astronomy and astrophysics.

History

The organization was founded in May 1990. The first president was Prof.

Marcin Kubiak Marcin Antoni Kubiak is a Polish astrophysicist, who obtained his professorship title on 25 April 1994. Member of Committee of Astronomy of the Polish Academy of Sciences, a member of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE), co-discove ...

, 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

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

of international recognition regarding astronomy and astrophysics, which is indexed in

Science Citation Index The Science Citation Index Expanded – previously entitled Science Citation Index – is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and created by Eugene Garfield. It was officially launched in 1964 and ...

* financial support of the Astronomical Olympiad in Poland * support of annual Youth Astronomical Seminar of Poland (Ogólnopolskie Młodzieżowe Seminarium Astronomiczne) * financial support of the conference of Use of Small Telescopes (Wykorzystanie małych teleskopów), Kraków-Koninki 2013. * sponsor of the Software Systems for Astronomy - summer school (7-18 July 2014, Poznań, Poland) The Foundation participated also in the financial support of many issues: * stipends for best astronomy students (eg.

Krzysztof Stanek Krzysztof Stanek is an observational astrophysicist and Professor and University Distinguished Scholar at Ohio State University. He was named a University Distinguished Scholar in 2018. His research focus is on the explosive deaths of massive s ...

(1991), Andrzej Kudlicki (1994), Przemysław Woźniak (1995) i Arkadiusz Olech (1996)) * build of the Gamma-ray Bursts detectors by Prof. Lech Mankiewicz"Ach, cóż to był za błysk!"
by Lech Mankiewicz (2012-06-13) (beginnings of the "Pi of the Sky" project).

References

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History

Activity

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