Astronomia.pl
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Type of site | educational portal |
|---|---|
| Available in | Polish/English |
| Owner | Grupa Astronomia |
| Created by | Astronomia.pl team |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | 17 October 2001 |
| Current status | It stopped activity |
Astronomia.pl was a Polish portal about astronomy and space research that was created in 2001[1] and remained active until 2015.[2] At the time, it was Poland's largest portal about astronomy and space, hosting more than three thousand articles and attracting a hundred thousand visitors a month.[1] The full name of Astronomia.pl was Polski Portal Astronomiczny ("Polish Astronomy Portal"). Astronomia.pl was mainly a Polish language website, with just a small part of its content presented in English.
History[edit]
In 2003, the website was awarded Honourable Patronage by the Polish Association of Amateur Astronomers. In 2004 and 2005, the portal produced a television show, Magazyn Astronomia ("Astronomy Magazine"), broadcast by TVN Meteo. In 2006, the website was awarded a prize in the Popularyzator Nauki ("Science Communicator") contest jointly organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Polish Press Agency's "Science in Poland" project.
Characteristics[edit]
Features provided by the portal included a daily news bulletin, a database of articles, a gallery of images, a discussion forum, a virtual library of master's theses, an English-Polish astronomical dictionary, a newsletter, RSS channels and others. Astronomia.pl also published a news bulletin in English, which included translations of articles concerning Polish amateur and professional astronomy.[3]
Astronomia.pl also provided links to other sites devoted to astronomy, such as Kopernik.pl, containing biographies of astronomers, Planetarium.pl, a site about Polish planetaria, and AstroWWW.pl, which aggregated websites created and run by amateur astronomers.[3]
The portal supported various astronomical initiatives undertaken by educational organizations, publishers and other institutions. It also entertained its users with quizzes and competitions.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Portal Astronomia.pl ma 10 lat |". naukawpolsce.pap.pl. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ "Astronomia.pl". 2015-02-01. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ a b "10 lat portalu Astronomia.pl". Urania - Postępy Astronomii (in Polish) (6/2011). 2011-12-01.
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