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
Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA). The Properties of Quasar Host Galaxies: Star Formation Histories and Stellar Populations (2026)
Astrophysical Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The IXPE and multifrequency polarimetric view of the extreme blazars 1ES 1101-232 and RGB J0710+591 (2026)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Measurement of the extragalactic background light at 8600 Å using dark cloud shadow and the Ca II-triplet lines (2026)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
(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
(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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)