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1 Astronomical Observatories Photo and place of installation Photo of a birds eye view of the observatory at the top of the hill Lubomir Observatory of the Jagiellonian University and the Nicholas Copernicus University in Torun, with domes diameter of 3.2 meters and 5.2 meters.

2 1) Solaris 3.2m Opole Solar Observatory in shopping center Presentation : 2) Zelow dome 5.2 m Highschool with Meade Lx200

3 3) Dome 2.2 meter in private garden good solution for private person 4) Automatic Observatory 3.2 m in Zywiec - the LAN we watch the sky (sun, too) and the image is displayed in the hallway at school 5) Automatic dome 3.2m in Wroclaw with a private person. Image from the camera and the control is passed from the dome of the house 6) Electrically controlled - Observatory Frombork of Poland's largest telescope, 660 mm meter dome observation

4 7) Observatory 3.2 meter in Pszczyna with a private person

5 8) 1.5 meter high dome fully automated in the Planetarium in Olsztyn - in the middle of the observations of the Sun using two 60mm SolarMax The position of the solar dome control 9) Two dome 5.2 meters and 3.2 meters at the top of Lubomir-around 1000m.npm In the middle is a complex of scientific conference.

6 10) Culture Observatory 3.2mw Gawłów-electric controls

7 11) 5.2 m at Dome of the Franciscan Order, electrically-controlled

8 12) Observatory 3.2 meter in Odolanów - Motorized 13) 3.2 meter dome on the roof of one of the farm buildings - has been installed without the need for roof alterations

9 14) The dome on the roof of High School in Bydgoszcz - steel structure supporting the observatory - fully automated with 14-inch Meade 40mm + coronado 15) 3.2 meter dome on one of the private houses in Jaworzno

10 16) The Observatory of the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw - the Dome of the observations of the Sun - on the screen is displayed to the public live video 17) Municipal Office m dome village Mełgiew. Controlled electrically.

11 18) Observation Dome-Zielona Gora 3.2m - Institute of Astronomy 19) Dome of 2.2 m in Pińczów-Primary School

12 20) Gymnasium in Burzeninie meter dome 21) Modernization of the observatory in Rybnik manual with electrical control in computer control via LAN

13 meter dome in Pila computer control. 23) manual 2.2 m dome hand controlled

14 24) Observatory 2.2m in Radomsko with computer control 25) Electric control 3.2m dome in Ostrow Mazowiecka

15 25) Observatory 3.2m with computer control 26) Sun observatory in Warsaw computer controlled with Solarmax 27) Observatory 3.2m in Sokolow Podlaski

16 28) Computer controlled dome 3.2 m i Gliwice 29) Computer controlled dome in Raciborz 3.2 m. 30) Manual controlled dome in Levice -Slovakia Our observatories in Poland, Cieszyn Gimanzjum 3.2m Scout Centre - Large 3.2 meter Załęcze Gymnasium in Dąbrowa 3.2m

17 2004 School in Jankowice 3.2m Gymnasium in Twardorzeczce 2.2m A private person 2.2m - Iława 2005 Uniwerstet 3.2m - Green Mountain High School in Piaseczno 3.2m A private person 3.2m - Iława m - Frombork with 660mm telescope High School no. 3.2m 2 in Rybnik High School in Lesko 3.2m A private person 3.2m m - in Gawłowie 3.2m dome - in Szczecinek High School in Zywiec 3.2 m Lubomir Observatory of the Jagiellonian University 5.2 mi 3.2 m High School no. 1 in 3.2 m Burzeninie High School in New Tomyśl 3.2 m Gymnasium in Krasnystaw 3.2 m 2008 in the Municipal Office Mełgwi 3.2 m A private person 3.2 m Pszczyna A private person 2.2 m Jaworzno A private person 2.2 m Poddębie 2009 Solaris Center in Opole 3.2 m A private person Płońsk 3.2m Gimanzjum no. 2 in Zywiec A private person Imielin 2.2m A private person 2.2m Wroclaw 2010 Middle School in Pińczów 3.2 m High School Tuchów 3.2 m High School 3.2 m High School in Jaslo 5.2 m High School in Zelów 5.2 m Culture Koszęcin 3.2 m High School in Bydgoszcz 2.2 m A private person 2.2 m 2011 Copernicus Science Centre 1.5 m A private person 2.2 m Gliwice Slovakia - A private person 3.2 m Technical Warsaw 3.2 m m Franciscan Order in Głogówek 5.2 m High School Międzyborów 3.2 m A private person Śrem 3.2 m High School Sokolow 2.2 m School of Mechanical Racibórz 3.2 m Planetarium in Olsztyn 1.5 m A private person 2.2 m Wroclaw m Private person

18 2013 in progress: 1.5m Sun-Plantery observatory 1.5m Sun observatory in Warsaw 2.2m Private person w Radomsku 2.2m Szkoła dydaktyczna 3.2m High school in Ostrovia Mazowiecka 3.2m Private person 3.2m Private person 5.2m Highschool 5.2m Instytute 5.2m Instytute 5.2m Private person 3.2m Private person 1.5m Instytute 3.2m Highschool 2.2m Private person

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