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Bird's-eye view of the Cracow Astronomical
Observatory. The picture shows two office
buildings in the front, two radio telescopes on
the left and five domes around the old Austrian
fort. In the distance lies Kryspinów village and
lakes. |
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The so called 'big' radio telescope. On the
picture you can see a parabolic 15 m diameter
dish. The telescope is designed for observations
on decimeter wavelengths. Currently used by
students. |
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Another view of the big telescope with the
piece of landscape. |
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The same radio telescope. In the distance, on
the right, you can see the Camedule Monastery. |
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The so called 'small' radio telescope - 8 m
of diameter. The brand new construction that
replaced recently one of the oldest radio
telescopes in the world (built in 1957). This
instrument is devoted to radio observations of
the Sun in the range 400-1800 MHz. |
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One of the five domes, hosting a small
optical telescope, a 30 cm Maksutov. |