Research at the Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA)

The research conducted at the Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA) focuses on three large main fields of astronomy.

Operating at the University of Turku, FINCA is a national joint astronomy research centre of Aalto University, University of Helsinki, University of Oulu, and the University of Turku.

The research conducted at FINCA mainly concerns either the galaxies and cosmology or stellar astrophysics. Additionally, interstellar medium and star formation are studied at FINCA.

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The most recent publications

A study in scarlet I. Photometric properties of a sample of intermediate-luminosity red transients (2025)

I. Photometric properties of a sample of intermediate-luminosity red transients
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Valerin, G.; Pastorello, A.; Reguitti, A.; Benetti, S.; Cai, Y.-Z.; Chen, T.-W.; Eappachen, D.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Fraser, M.; Gangopadhyay, A.; Hsiao E., Y.; Howell D., A.; Inserra, C.; Izzo, L.; Jencson, J.; Kankare, E.; Kotak, R.; Mazzali P., A.; Misra, K.; Pignata, G.; Prentice S., J.; Sand D., J.; Smartt S., J.; Stritzinger M., D.; Tartaglia, L.; Valenti, S.; Anderson J., P.; Andrews J., E.; Amaro R., C.; Brennan, S.; Bufano, F.; Callis, E.; Cappellaro, E.; Dastidar, R.; Della Valle, M.; Fiore, A.; Fulton M., D.; Galbany, L.; Heikkilä, T.; Hiramatsu, D.; Karamehmetoglu, E.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Leloudas, G.; Lundquist, M.; McCully, C.; Müller-Bravo T., E.; Nicholl, M.; Ochner, P.; Padilla Gonzalez, E.; Paraskeva, E.; Pellegrino, C.; Rau, A.; Reichart D., E.; Reynolds T., M.; Roy, R.; Salmaso, I.; Singh, M.; Turatto, M.; Tomasella, L.; Wyatt, S.; Young D., R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

EP250108a/SN 2025kg: A Jet-driven Stellar Explosion Interacting with Circumstellar Material (2025)

Astrophysical Journal Letters
Srinivasaragavan, Gokul P.; Hamidani, Hamid; Schroeder, Genevieve; Sarin, Nikhil; Ho, Anna Y. Q.; Piro, Anthony L.; Cenko, S. Bradley; Anand, Shreya; Sollerman, Jesper; Perley, Daniel A.; Maeda, Keiichi; O'Connor, Brendan; Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo; Miller, M. Coleman; Ahumada, Tomas; Vail, Jada L.; Duffell, Paul; Dastidar, Ranadeep; Andreoni, Igor; Bochenek, Aleksandra; Brennan, Sean. J.; Carney, Jonathan; Chen, Ping; Freeburn, James; Gal-Yam, Avishay; Jacobson-Galan, Wynn; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; Li, Jiaxuan; Li, Maggie L.; Sravan, Niharika; Warshofsky, Daniel E.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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