Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
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The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, IAA-CSIC) is an astrophysics-related research institute funded by the High Council of Scientific Research of the Spanish government Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), and is located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. IAA activities are related with research in the field of astrophysics, and instrumental development both for telescopes and space missions. Scientific research at the institute covers the following areas: (a) solar system; (b) star formation, stellar structure and evolution; (c) galaxy formation and evolution; and (d) cosmology. The IAA was created as a research institute of the CSIC in July 1975. Presently, the IAA operates the Sierra Nevada Observatory by itself, and the Calar Alto Observatory jointly with the Max-Planck Institute of Heidelberg.
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía is divided in the following departments, each with an (incomplete) outline of research avenues and groups:
- Department of Extragalactic Astronomy
- Department of Stellar Physics
- Department of Radio Astronomy and Galactic Structure
- Department of Solar System
The technological needs of IAA's research groups are fulfilled by the Instrumental and Technological Developments Unit.
