Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

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Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia
Formation1975
Headquarters Granada, Spain
Website www.iaa.es
Calar Alto Observatory, Almeria. Calar alto.JPG
Calar Alto Observatory, Almería.

The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (Spanish : Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, IAA-CSIC) is a 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 to research in the field of astrophysics, and instrument development both for ground-based telescopes and for space missions. Scientific research at the Institute covers the Solar System, star formation, stellar structure and evolution, galaxy formation and evolution and cosmology. The IAA was created as a CSIC research institute in July 1975. Presently, the IAA operates the Sierra Nevada Observatory, and (jointly with the also the Max-Planck Institute of Heidelberg) the Calar Alto Observatory.

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía is divided in the following departments, each with an (incomplete) outline of research avenues and groups:

The technological needs of IAA's research groups are fulfilled by the Instrumental and Technological Developments Unit.

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