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

WFST Supernovae in the First Year. II. SN 2024aedt: Systematical Study of a Transitional Type Ia Supernova (2026)

Astrophysical Journal
Meng, Dezheng; Jiang, Ji-an; Kong, Xu; Xu, Zelin; Maeda, Keiichi; Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo; Galbany, Lluis; Jha, Saurabh W.; Ivezic, Zeljko; Yoachim, Peter; Wu, Weiyu; Liu, Zhengyan; Zhao, Junhan; Connolly, Andrew J.; Jia, Ziqing; Hu, Lei; Ding, Weiyu; Fan, Lulu; Li, Feng; Liang, Ming; Tang, Jinlong; Wan, Zhen; Wang, Hairen; Wang, Jian; Xue, Yongquan; Zhang, Hongfei; Zhao, Wen; Zheng, Xianzhong; Zhu, Qingfeng
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

SN 2024hpj: A perspective on SN 2009ip-like events (2026)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Salmaso, I.; Pastorello, A.; Borsato, E.; Benetti, S.; Botticella, M. T.; Cai, Y. -Z.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Farina, A.; Fraser, M.; Galbany, L.; González-Bañuelos, M.; Gutiérrez, C. P.; Huang, M.; Lundqvist, P.; Kangas, T.; Killestein, T. L.; Kravtsov, T.; Matilainen, K.; Morales-Garoffolo, A.; Mura, A.; Pignata, G.; Reguitti, A.; Reynolds, T. M.; Smartt, S.; Srivastav, S.; Tartaglia, L.; Valerin, G.; Wang, Z.-Y.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

SN 2023gpw: Exploring the diversity and power sources of hydrogen-rich superluminous supernovae (2026)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kangas, T.; Charalampopoulos, P.; Nagao, T.; Yan, L.; Stritzinger, M.; Schulze, S.; Das, K.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Fremling, C.; Perley, D.; Sollerman, J.; Muller-Bravo, T. E.; Galbany, L.; Groom, S. L.; Gutierrez, C. P.; Kasliwal, M. M.; Kotak, R.; Laher, R. R.; Lundqvist, P.; Mattila, S.; Smith, R.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Photometry and Spectroscopy of SN 2024pxl: A Luminosity Link among Type Iax Supernovae (2026)

Astrophysical Journal
Singh, Mridweeka; Kwok, Lindsey A.; Jha, Saurabh W.; Dastidar, R.; Larison, Conor; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Andrews, Jennifer E.; Andrews, Moira; Anupama, G. C.; Arunachalam, Prasiddha; Auchettl, Katie; Banhidi, Dominik; Barna, Barnabas; Bostroem, K. Azalee; Brink, Thomas G.; Cartier, Regis; Chen, Ping; Christy, Collin T.; Coulter, David A.; Covarrubias, Sofia; Davis, Kyle W.; Dickinson, Connor B.; Dong, Yize; Farah, Joseph; Flors, Andreas; Foley, Ryan J.; Franz, Noah; Fremling, Christoffer; Galbany, Lluis; Gangopadhyay, Anjasha; Garg, Aarna; Gates, Elinor L.; Graur, Or; Gordon, Alexa C.; Hiramatsu, Daichi; Hoang, Emily; Howell, D. Andrew; Hsu, Brian; Johansson, Joel; Joshi, Arti; Kahinga, Lordrick A.; Kaur, Ravjit; Kumar, Sahana; Kumnurdmanee, Piramon; Kuncarayakti, Hanindyo; LeBaron, Natalie; Lidman, C.; Liu, Chang; Maeda, Keiichi; Maguire, Kate; Martin, Bailey; McCully, Curtis; Mehta, Darshana; Menotti, Luca M.; Metevier, Anne J.; Miller, A. A.; Misra, Kuntal; Murphey, C. Tanner; Newsome, Megan; Padilla Gonzalez, Estefania; Patra, Kishore C.; Pearson, Jeniveve; Piro, Anthony L.; Polin, Abigail; Ravi, Aravind P.; Rest, Armin; Rehemtulla, Nabeel; Meza Retamal, Nicolas; Robinson, O. M.; Rojas-Bravo, Cesar; Sahu, Devendra K.; Sand, David J.; Schmidt, Brian P.; Schulze, Steve; Schwab, Michaela; Shrestha, Manisha; Siebert, Matthew R.; Simha, Sunil; Smith, Nathan; Sollerman, Jesper; Srivastav, Shubham; Subrayan, Bhagya M.; Szalai, Tamas; Taggart, Kirsty; Teja, Rishabh Singh; Terwel, Jacco H.; Tinyanont, Samaporn; Valenti, Stefano; Vinko, Jozsef; Westerling, Aya L.; Wheeler, J. Craig; Yang, Yi; Zheng, Weikang
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)