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  <span class="mw-headline" id="title_0">Astronomia.pl</span>
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  <p><b>Astronomia.pl</b> was a Polish <a href="Web_portal" title="Web portal">portal</a> about <a href="Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a> and space research created in 2001<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> and worked until 2015.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> It was the largest portal about astronomy and space in Poland in the years of its activity, and it was reaching 100 000 users monthly. The portal hosted over 3000 articles.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> The full name of Astronomia.pl was <i>Polish Astronomy Portal</i> (<i>Polski Portal Astronomiczny</i> in Polish). The website was run in Polish, however a small part of it was also in English.</p>



<table class="infobox vcard" style="width:22em"><caption class="fn org">Astronomia.pl</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row"><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">Type of site</div></th><td>educational portal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Available<span>&nbsp;</span>in</th><td>Polish/English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Owner</th><td>Grupa Astronomia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Created<span>&nbsp;</span>by</th><td>Astronomia.pl team</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Commercial</th><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Registration</th><td>No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Launched</th><td>17 October 2001</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Current<span>&nbsp;</span>status</th><td class="category">It stopped activity</td></tr></tbody></table>

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    <summary class="section-heading"><h2 id="History">History</h2></summary>
    
<p>In 2003 the website was awarded Honourable Patronage of the Polish Association of Astronomy Amateurs. In 2004/2005 the portal edited a TV program entitled "Astronomy Magazine" (in Polish: "Magazyn Astronomia") broadcast by <a href="TVN_(Poland)" title="TVN (Poland)" class="mw-redirect">TVN Meteo</a> channel. In 2006 the website was awarded a prize in the "Science Communicator" contest (in Polish: "Popularyzator Nauki"), organized by the <a href="Ministry_of_Science_and_Higher_Education_(Poland)" title="Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland)">Ministry of Science and Higher Education</a> and "Science in Poland" of the <a href="Polish_Press_Agency" title="Polish Press Agency">Polish Press Agency</a>.</p>


    
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    <summary class="section-heading"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2></summary>
    
<p>Features provided by the portal included: daily news bulletin, database of articles, gallery of images, <a href="Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">discussion forum</a>, virtual library of master's theses, English-Polish astronomical <a href="Dictionary" title="Dictionary">dictionary</a>, <a href="Newsletter" title="Newsletter">newsletter</a>, <a href="RSS" title="RSS">RSS</a> channels, among others. Astronomia.pl also published a news bulletin in English, which included translations of articles concerning Polish amateur and professional astronomy.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-:0_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>

<p>Astronomia.pl also included other sites devoted to astronomy, such as Kopernik.pl, containing biographies of <a href="Astronomer" title="Astronomer">astronomers</a>, Planetarium.pl, about all Polish <a href="Planetarium" title="Planetarium">planetaria</a>, and AstroWWW.pl, which hosted quality websites created and run by astronomy amateurs.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-:0_4-1"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>

<p>The portal supported various astronomical initiatives, cooperates with educational organizations, institutions and book publishers. It also organised various quizzes and contests.</p>


    
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<div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="mw-references references"><li id="cite_note-1"> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1" class="mw-reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160924160559/http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,385427,portal-astronomiapl-ma-10-lat.html" class="external text external">"Portal Astronomia.pl ma 10 lat |"</a>. <i>naukawpolsce.pap.pl</i>. Archived from <a href="http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,385427,portal-astronomiapl-ma-10-lat.html" class="external text external">the original</a> on 2016-09-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-09-14</span></span>.</cite></span></li><li id="cite_note-2"> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2" class="mw-reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150201000000*/http://astronomia.pl" class="external text external">"Internet Archive Wayback Machine"</a>. 2015-02-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-09-14</span></span>.</cite></span></li><li id="cite_note-3"> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-3" class="mw-reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160924160559/http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,385427,portal-astronomiapl-ma-10-lat.html" class="external text external">"Portal Astronomia.pl ma 10 lat |"</a>. <i>naukawpolsce.pap.pl</i>. Archived from <a href="http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,385427,portal-astronomiapl-ma-10-lat.html" class="external text external">the original</a> on 2016-09-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-09-14</span></span>.</cite></span></li><li id="cite_note-:0-4"> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-:0-4" class="mw-reference-text"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"10 lat portalu Astronomia.pl". <i>Urania - Postępy Astronomii</i> (in Polish) (6/2011). 2011-12-01.</cite></span></li></ol></div></div>


    
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<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160924160242/http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/wyszukiwarka/index,1.html?Query=astronomia.pl" class="external text external">List of articles in which Astronomia.pl is cited by the Polish Press Agency "Science in Poland" service (in Polish)</a></li></ul>

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