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Magical display of northern lights over Hungary
Magical display of northern lights over Hungary
László Molnár
2023. november 07.
There was no such precedent for twenty years. Our cameras and staff in Piszkéstető captured the magical spectacle.
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Ariel Consortium Meeting in Budapest
Ariel Consortium Meeting in Budapest
Szabó Róbert
2023. november 02.
The consortium meeting of ESA’s exoplanet atmosphere characterizing Ariel mission attracted 300 participants. The meeting was held in Budapest between 24-27 October 2023. One of the main organizers was Konkoly Observatory.
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New Gaia release reveals rare lenses, half a million more stars, and unforeseen science
New Gaia release reveals rare lenses, half a million more stars, and unforeseen science
CSFK
2023. october 18.
ESA's Gaia mission released a goldmine of knowledge about our galaxy and beyond. Four hundred scientists worked on the mission’s latest ‘focused product release’ (FPR), with the active involvement of eight researchers from the Observatory.
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Konkoly researchers at the LSST@EU5 conference in Croatia
Konkoly researchers at the LSST@EU5 conference in Croatia
Szabó Róbert
2023. october 15.
The fifth European LSST conference was organized in Poreč, Croatia between 25-29 September 2023. Many Hungarian institutions were represented at the event including the Konkoly Observatory of the Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences.
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Maria Lugaro secures second Lendület research grant
Maria Lugaro secures second Lendület research grant
László Molnár
2023. october 13.
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences announced the winners of the 2023 Lendület research grant at the end of September. One of the 19 awardees is our colleague Maria Lugaro, who won the Academy's prestigious grant for the second time after 2017.
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First MESA Summer School held in Europe a great success
First MESA Summer School held in Europe a great success
László Molnár
2023. september 25.
50 students from around the world attended the school to learn how to use the world's leading software suite for modeling stellar evolution.
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How do you weigh a star? Masses of RR Lyrae stars revealed through their pulsations
How do you weigh a star? Masses of RR Lyrae stars revealed through their pulsations
CSFK
2023. september 08.
Measuring the masses of stars is not always easy, and for the RR Lyrae-type variable stars, in particular, there has been no good way to do this. Our researchers are the first to determine the masses of such stars using seismic models.
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