"Urania - Postępy Astronomii" as magazine and internet portal

Krzysztof Czart and Maciej Mikołajewski

We describe examples of the activities of the "Urania - Postępy Astronomii" magazine undertaken in 2014-2015. These tasks included the special project for schools of a "Sponsored subscription" in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, support for the Astronomy Olimpiad, further development of the internet portal, extension of the digital archive and making the archive available for smartphones and tablets in the Google Play system. "Urania" is a popular science journal devoted to astronomy and space research. It is the main Polish magazine of this kind, and one of the oldest in the world. "Urania" was awarded the Special Prize in the contest Popularyzator Nauki 2014, which is the main contest for science communicators in Poland.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 3, 261-263 (2016)

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