● Venue

CAMK PAN

Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre
of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Bartycka 18 str | 00-716 Warsaw

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About the institute

Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center Polish Academy of Sciences is a leading astronomical institute in Poland. It was established in 1978. The main subjects of research include: stellar astrophysics, binary systems, circumstellar matter, dense matter and neutron stars, black holes, accretion processes, structure and evolution of active galaxies, cosmology, extrasolar planets.

Astronomers from the Copernicus Center are involved in a numer of major international observational projects such as: H.E.S.S., CTA (observations of ultra high energy photons (TeV) via detection of Cherenkov radiation), Herschel (satellite observations in IR domain), SALT (Southern African Large Telescope), INTEGRAL, Fermi (satellite observations of gamma rays), LIGO-VIRGO (detection of gravitational waves). Project SOLARIS, search for extrasollar planetary systems, financed in part by European Research Council (Starting Independent Researcher Grant) is carried at the Copernicus Center. The ground station for the control of the first Polish scientific satellite BRITE is located at the Copernicus Center as well.

How to get there?

The venue is located at Bartycka str. 18.

There are two bus lines that stop in front of CAMK: #108 and #167
(for timetables, rout maps, etc. see https://www.wtp.waw.pl/en/; the name of the bus stop is Figowa).

AIRPORT – DOWNTOWN TRANSPORT

To get downtown Warsaw from the Chopin airport we highly recommend a taxi or app-based cab services Uber and Bolt which are cheaper than regular taxis. Moreover, Bolt is cheaper than Uber, and the difference is particularly significant if you go from the Chopin airport. The trip from the Chopin airport to Warsaw downtown would cost ~40-50 PLN (~10-12 euro; airport taxis and Uber). Public transport requires transfers and it is not uncommon to lose a wallet in a bus from the Chopin airport to a city center. Please take a taxi from those waiting outside the arrival hall (they must have name of the taxi company and phone number). Do not accept any cars offered by people inside the arrival hall!

For more information see:
https://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/en/taxi.html

If you arrive to Modlin airport see:
https://www.warsaw-modlin-airport.com/transport.php