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The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, IAA-CSIC) is an astrophysics-related research institute.

It 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:

  1. solar system;
  2. star formation, stellar structure and evolution;
  3. galaxy formation and evolution; and
  4. cosmology.

The IAA was created as a research institute of the CSIC in July 1975. Presently (in 2012), the IAA operates the Sierra Nevada Observatory. It operates as well the Calar Alto Observatory jointly with the Max-Planck Institute of Heidelberg.


The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía is divided in the following departments:

  • Department of Extragalactic Astronomy
  • Violent Stellar Formation Group
  • AMIGA Group (Analysis of the interstellar Medium of Isolated Galaxies)
  • Department of Stellar Physics
  • Department of Radio Astronomy and Galactic Structure
  • Stellar Systems Group
  • Department of Solar System
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