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.

The most recent publications

The IXPE and multifrequency polarimetric view of the extreme blazars 1ES 1101-232 and RGB J0710+591 (2026)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Tavecchio, Fabrizio; Kim, Dawoon E.; Emery, Gabriel; Liodakis, Ioannis; Agudo, Iván; Coppi, Paolo; Tagliaferri, Giampiero; Di Gesu, Laura; Sbarrato, Tullia; Ballo, Lucia; Sciaccaluga, Alberto; Ehlert, Steven R.; Bonnoli, Giacomo; José Aceituno, Francisco; Casadio, Carolina; Casanova, Víctor; Donnarumma, Immacolata; Escudero, Juan; Morcuende, Daniel; Otero-Santos, Jorge; Sota, Alfredo; Piirola, Vilppu; Kouch, Pouya M.; Lindfors, Elina; Nilsson, Kari; Myserlis, Ioannis; Gurwell, Mark; Keating, Garrett; Rao, Ramprasad; Angelakis, Emmanouil; Kraus, Alexander; Imazawa, Ryo; Sasada, Mahito; Fukazawa, Yasushi; Kawabata, Koji S.; Uemura, Makoto; Mizuno, Tsunefumi; Nakaoka, Tatsuya; Tochihara, Sumie; Akai, Takahiro; Akitaya, Hiroshi; Bachev, Rumen; Strigachev, Anton; Benke, Petra; Debbrecht, Lena; Eich, Julia; Eppel, Florian; Gokus, Andrea; Hämmerich, Steven; Heßdörfer, Jonas; Kadler, Matthias; Kim, Sanghyun; Kirchner, Dana; Paraschos, Georgios Filippos; Rösch, Florian; Schulga, Wladislaw
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Long-term study of the gamma-ray emission of Cygnus X-3 with MAGIC and Fermi–LAT (2026)

Journal of High Energy Astrophysics
Abe, K.; Abe, S.; Abhir, J.; Abhishek, A.; Acciari, V.A.; Aguasca-Cabot, A.; Agudo, I.; Albanese, I.; Aniello, T.; Ansoldi, S.; Antonelli, L.A.; Arbet Engels, A.; Arcaro, C.; Arnesen, T.T.H.; Babić, A.; Bakshi, C.; Barres de Almeida, U.; Barrio, J.A.; Barrios-Jiménez, L.; Batković, I.; Baxter, J.; Becerra González, J.; Bednarek, W.; Bernardini, E.; Bernete, J.; Berti, A.; Besenrieder, J.; Bigongiari, C.; Biland, A.; Blanch, O.; Bonnoli, G.; Bordas, P.; Bošnjak, Ž.; Bronzini, E.; Burelli, I.; Campa, C.; Campoy-Ordaz, A.; Carosi, A.; Carosi, R.; Carretero-Castrillo, M.; Castro-Tirado, A.J.; Cerasole, D.; Ceribella, G.; Cerviño, A.; Chilingarian, A.; Chon, G.; Cifuentes Santos, A.; Contreras, J.L.; Cortina, J.; Covino, S.; D’Amico, G.; Da Vela, P.; Dazzi, F.; De Angelis, A.; De Lotto, B.; Delfino, M.; Delgado, J.; Di Pierro, F.; Di Tria, R.; Di Venere, L.; Dinesh, A.; Dominis Prester, D.; Donini, A.; Dorner, D.; Doro, M.; Eisenberger, L.; Elsaesser, D.; Foffano, L.; Font, L.; Frías García-Lago, F.; Fröse, S.; Fukazawa, Y.; García Soto, S.; Gaug, M.; Giesbrecht Paiva, J.G.; Giglietto, N.; Giordano, F.; Gliwny, P.; Godinović, N.; Gradetzke, T.; Grau, R.; Green, J.G.; Günther, P.; Hadasch, D.; Hahn, A.; Harutyunyan, G.; Hassan, T.; Herrera Llorente, J.; Hrupec, D.; Israyelyan, D.; Jahanvi, J.; Jiménez Martínez, I.; Jiménez Quiles, J.; Kankkunen, S.; Konrad, J.; Kouch, P.M.; Kubo, H.; Kushida, J.; Láinez, M.; Lamastra, A.; Lindfors, E.; Lombardi, S.; Longo, F.; López-Coto, R.; López-Moya, M.; López-Oramas, A.; Loporchio, S.; Lulić, L.; Lyard, E.; Majumdar, P.; Makariev, M.; Maneva, G.; Manganaro, M.; Mangano, S.; Mariotti, M.; Martínez, M.; Maruševec, P.; Mazin, D.; Menchiari, S.; Méndez Gallego, J.; Menon, S.; Miceli, D.; Miranda, J.M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Molero González, M.; Molina, E.; Mondal, H.A.; Moralejo, A.; Nanci, C.; Negro, A.; Neustroev, V.; Nievas Rosillo, M.; Nigro, C.; Nikolić, L.; Nozaki, S.; Okumura, A.; Otero-Santos, J.; Paiano, S.; Paneque, D.; Paoletti, R.; Paredes, J.M.; Peresano, M.; Persic, M.; Pihet, M.; Podobnik, F.; Prada Moroni, P.G.; Prandini, E.; Rhode, W.; Ribó, M.; Rico, J.; Roy, A.; Sahakyan, N.; Saturni, F.G.; Schiavone, F.; Schmitz, K.; Schweizer, T.; Sciaccaluga, A.; Silvestri, G.; Simongini, A.; Sitarek, J.; Sobczynska, D.; Stamerra, A.; Strišković, J.; Strom, D.; Strzys, M.; Suda, Y.; Takeishi, R.; Tartera Barberà, J.; Temnikov, P.; Terzić, T.; Teshima, M.; Tutone, A.; Ubach, S.; Vazquez Acosta, M.; Ventura, S.; Verna, G.; Viale, I.; Vigliano, A.; Vigorito, C.F.; Visentin, E.; Vitale, V.; Vorbrugg, M.; Vovk, I.; Walter, R.; Walther, C.; Wersig, F.; Yeung, P.K.H.; Bosch-Ramon, V.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Rapid-Response Characterization of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4 During a Torino Scale 3 Alert (2026)

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
Devogèle, Maxime; Hainaut, Olivier R.; Micheli, Marco; Pravec, Petr; Cano, Juan Luis; Ocaña, Francisco; Conversi, Luca; Moskovitz, Nicholas; de León, Julia; Gray, Zuri; Granvik, Mikael; Fedorets, Grigori; de Micas, Jules Bourdelle; Ieva, Simone; Dotto, Elisabetta; Beuden, Tracie; Fuls, Carson; Kareta, Theodore; Bagnulo, Stefano; Barucci, Maria Antonella; Birlan, Mirel; Farina, Andrea; Hornoch, Kamil; Fatka, Petr; Kušnirák, Peter; Ferri, Francesca; Fulchignoni, Marcello; Lazzarin, Monica; La Forgia, Fiorangela; Epifani, Elena Mazzotta; Mura, Alessandra; Perna, Davide; Bendjoya, Philippe; Rivet, Jean-Pierre; Cellino, Alberto
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)