The PLATO Mission: Finding the habitable planets in the local Universe PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is ESA’s M3 mission, scheduled for launch end
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Did you know that Annie Cannon (1863-1941) was the creator of the current stellar classification, OBAFGKM, based on the stellar spectra? Or that Jocelyn Bell

PLATOspec is a new high precision spectrograph to be installed on the E152 telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile in 2024. PLATOSpec

The star V838 Monocerotis is one of the most well-known stars even among the public, although they may not even be aware of this designation.

On Monday, January 23, 2023, the Jan Frič Award ceremony for 2022 took place at the Ondřejov Observatory of the Astronomical Institute of the Academy