Astrophysics Laboratory

Facility/equipment: Research Laboratory

Equipments Details

Description

The Laboratory of Astrophysics comprises the astronomical telescopes, the space instrument laboratory and the scattering research laboratory. The telescopes are housed on the Kumpula Campus, the observatory on Tähtitorninmäki in Southern Helsinki and in the Metsähovi Observatory in Kirkkonummi, and are mainly used for teaching. The space instrument laboratory carries out scientific and technological research in the construction, testing and characterisation of instrument electronics and sensors related to space equipment projects. The scattering laboratory conducts light backscattering measurements from fine particle media and spectroscopy of meteorite materials in the visible light and infrared wavelength range (350–3200 nm).

Type of research infrastructure

  • Equipment

Fields of Science and Free Keywords

  • 114 Physical sciences
  • 1171 Geosciences
  • 115 Astronomy, Space science

UH research infrastructure classification

  • Core Facility
  • Complex refractive index from scattering measurements for an acoustically levitated single particle

    Vuori, M., Penttilä, A., Muinonen, K., Suhonen, H. & Jääskeläinen, J. M., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer. 331, p. 109269 13 p., 109269.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticleScientificpeer-review

    Open Access
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  • Gaia DR3 documentation

    van Leeuwen, F., de Bruijne, J., Babusiaux, C., Busso, G., Castañeda, J., Ducourant, C., Fabricius, C., Hambly, N., Hobbs, D., Luri, X., Marrese, P. ~., Mora, A., Muinonen, K., Pourbaix, D., Rimoldini, L., Roegiers, T., Sartoretti, P., Teyssier, D., Ulla, A. & Utrilla, E. & 185 others, Vallenari, A., van Leeuwen, M., Altavilla, G., Altmann, M., Álvarez, M. ~., Andrae, R., Antoja, T., Antonio, M., Arenou, F., Audard, M., Bailer-Jones, C. ~. ~., Bakker, J., Balbinot, E., Barache, C., Barblan, F., Bastian, U., Bauchet, N., Bellas-Velidis, I., Bellazzini, M., Berthier, J., Biermann, M., Blomme, R., Bombrun, A., Bossini, D., Brouillet, N., Brown, A., Brugaletta, E., Busonero, D., Butkevich, A., Cacciari, C., Cánovas, H., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Carballo, R., Carnerero, M. ~., Carrasco, J. ~., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Clementini, G., Clotet, M., Creevey, O. ~., Crowley, C., Dafonte, C., Damerdji, Y., David, M., David, P., Davidson, M., De Angeli, F., De Ridder, J., De Teodoro, P., Delbó, M., Delchambre, L., Delisle, J.-B., Dell-Oro, A., Dharmawardena, T., Diakité, S., Distefano, E., Drimmel, R., Duran, J., Evans, D. ~., Eyer, L., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fernández-Hernández, J., Figueras, F., Findeisen, K., Fouesneau, M., Frémat, Y., Galluccio, L., Garabato, D., Garcia-Gutierrez, A., Garofalo, A., Gavras, P., Giacobbe, P., Giuffrida, G., Gomel, R., González, Á., González-Núñez, J., Gosset, É., Gracia-Abril, G., Guerra, R., Halbwachs, J.-L., Harrison, D. ~., Hatzidimitriou, D., Heiter, U., Helmi, A., Henar Sarmiento, M., Hernandez, J., Hestroffer, D., Hodgkin, S., Holl, B., Hutton, A., Jevardat de Fombelle, G., Jordi, C., Jorissen, A., Katz, D., Khanna, S., Klioner, S., Kordopatis, G., Korn, A. ~., Krone-Martins, A., Kruszyńska, K., Lammers, U., Lanzafame, A., Lattanzi, M. ~., Le Campion, J.-F., Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Leclerc, N., Lecoeur-Taibi, I., Licata, E., Lindegren, L., Lobel, A., Löffler, W., Manteiga, M., Mantelet, G., Marinoni, S., Marshall, D. ~., Martin-Fleitas, J., Masana, E., Masip Vela, A., Mazeh, T., Messineo, R., Michalik, D., Mignard, F., Molinaro, R., Monguió, M., Montegriffo, P., Morel, T., Mowlavi, N., Muraveva, T., Nicolas, C., Nienartowicz, K., Ordenovic, C., Osinde, J., Pailler, F., Pallas-Quintela, L., Panahi, A., Pancino, E., Panem, C., Pauwels, T., Pichon, B., Portell, J., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C. ~., Ramos, P., Recio-Blanco, A., Reylé, C., Riello, M., Rios Diaz, C., Ripepi, V., Riva, A., Rixon, G., Robin, A. ~., Romero-Gómez, M., Rowell, N., Rybicki, K. ~., Rybizki, J., Sadowski, G., Sáez-Núñez, A., Sahlmann, J., Sanna, N., Sarro Baro, L. ~., Schultheis, M., Seabroke, G., Segovia Serrato, J. ~., Segransan, D., Siddiqui, H., Siopis, C., Smart, R., Sordo, R., Soubiran, C., Sozzetti, A., Spina, L., Spoto, F., Stephenson, C., P., T., Teixeira, R., Thévenin, F., Torra, F., Trabucchi, M., Turon, C., Weiler, M., Wyrzykowski, Ł. & Zucker, S., 1 Jun 2022, 1578 p. https://gea.esac.esa.int/archive/documentation/GDR3/index.html : European Space Agency.

    Research output: Other contribution

    Open Access
  • Gaia DR3 documentation Chapter 8: Solar System Objects

    Muinonen, K., Berthier, J., Cellino, A., David, P., De Angeli, F., Delbó, M., Dell-Oro, A., Galluccio, L., Hestroffer, D., Mignard, F., Pauwels, T., Spoto, F. & Tanga, P., 13 Jun 2022, 78 p. European Space Agency.

    Research output: Other contribution

    Open Access