The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia ( es, 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 The Spanish National Research Council ( es, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote res ...

(CSIC), and is located in Granada,

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...

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. IAA activities are related to research in the field of astrophysics, and instrument development both for ground-based

telescope A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. Originally meaning only an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a combination of both to observ ...

s and for space missions. Scientific research at the Institute covers the

Solar System The Solar System Capitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar ...

, star formation, stellar structure and

evolution Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...

galaxy formation and evolution The study of galaxy formation and evolution is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation of the first galaxies, the way galaxies change over time, and the processes that have gen ...

and

cosmology Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosopher ...

. The IAA was created as a CSIC research institute in July 1975. Presently, the IAA operates the

Sierra Nevada Observatory The Sierra Nevada Observatory ( es, Observatorio de Sierra Nevada; OSN; code: J86) is located at Loma de Dilar (2896 m altitude) in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada, Spain; established in 1981. It is operated and m ...

, 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:
Department of Extragalactic Astronomy
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AMIGA Group (Analysis of the interstellar Medium of Isolated Galaxies)

Department of Stellar Physics

Department of Radio Astronomy and Galactic Structure
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Stellar Systems Group

Department of Solar System
The technological needs of IAA's research groups are fulfilled by th
Instrumental and Technological Developments Unit

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Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Sierra Nevada Observatory

Calar Alto Observatory
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