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

Gamma-ray flares from the jet of the blazar CTA 102 in 2016–2018 (2025)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Kim, Sanghyun; Lee, Sang-Sung; Algaba, Juan Carlos; Rani, Bindu; Park, Jongho; Jeong, Hyeon-Woo; Cheong, Whee Yeon; D'Ammando, Filippo; Lahteenmaki, Anne; Tornikoski, Merja; Tammi, Joni; Ramakrishnan, Venkatessh; Agudo, Ivan; Casadio, Carolina; Escudero, Juan; Fuentes, Antonio; Traianou, Efthalia; Myserlis, Ioannis; Thum, Clemens

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Discovery of two new polars evolved past the period bounce (2025)

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Cunningham, Tim; Caiazzo, Ilaria; Sienkiewicz, Gracjan; Wheatley, Peter J.; Gänsicke, Boris T.; El-Badry, Kareem; Arcodia, Riccardo; Charbonneau, David; Connor, Liam; De, Kishalay; Hakala, Pasi; Kenyon, Scott J.; Maheshwari, Sumit Kumar; Rodriguez, Antonio C.; van Roestel, Jan; Tremblay, Pier-Emmanuel

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

The undetectable fraction of core-collapse supernovae in luminous infrared galaxies (2025)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Mäntynen, I.; Kankare, E.; Mattila, S.; Efstathiou, A.; Ryder, S. D.; Reynolds, T. M.; Vassallo, C.; Väisänen, P.

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

ePESSTO+ spectroscopic classification of optical transients #2025-225 (2025)

Santos, R.; Martins, G.; Duarte, J.; González-Gaitán, S.; Kravtsov, T.; Gutiérrez, C.; Pessi, P.; Sollerman, J.; Anderson, J.; Chen, T.W.; Gromadzki, M.; Inserra, C.; Kankare, E.; Bravo, T.M.; Yaron, O.; Tonry, J.; Denneau, L.; Weiland, H.; Siverd, R.; Erasmus, N.; Koorts, W.; Jordan, A.; Suc, V.; Smartt, S.J.; Smith, K.W.; Srivastav, S.; Stevance, H.; Young, D.R.; Fulton, M.; McCollum, M.; Moore, T.; Nicholl, M.; Weston, J.; Shingles, L.; Rhodes, L.; Sommer, J.; Rest, A.; Stubbs, C.

(D2 Article in a professional compilation book)

Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE (LEWIS): Exploring the nature of ultra-diffuse galaxies in the Hydra-I cluster. II. Stellar kinematics and dynamical masses (2025)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Buttitta, Chiara; Iodice, Enrichetta; Doll, Goran; Hartke, Johanna; Hilker, Michael; Forbes, Duncan A.; Corsini, Enrico M.; Rossi, Luca; Arnaboldi, Magda; Cantiello, Michele; D'Ago, Giuseppe; Falcon-Barroso, Jesus; Gullieuszik, Marco; La Marca, Antonio; Mieske, Steffen; Mirabile, Marco; Paolillo, Maurizio; Rejkuba, Marina; Spavone, Marilena; Spiniello, Chiara; Sarzi, Marc

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

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

The most recent publications

Gamma-ray flares from the jet of the blazar CTA 102 in 2016–2018 (2025)

Discovery of two new polars evolved past the period bounce (2025)

The undetectable fraction of core-collapse supernovae in luminous infrared galaxies (2025)

ePESSTO+ spectroscopic classification of optical transients #2025-225 (2025)

Looking into the faintEst WIth MUSE (LEWIS): Exploring the nature of ultra-diffuse galaxies in the Hydra-I cluster. II. Stellar kinematics and dynamical masses (2025)

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