Gaia EDR3 en el Boletín de la SEA

El 21 de diciembre de 2020, fecha del solsticio de invierno, se publicó el nº 43 del Boletín electrónico de la Sociedad Española de Astronomía que incluye dos artículos sobre los nuevos datos de Gaia: Gaia EDR3: Avanzando a pasos de gigante, y Gaia: Una de escalera (de caracol) hacia el conocimiento.

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“One Billion Eyes For One Billion Stars”: Exhibition Available

  “One Billion Eyes For One Billion Stars” The exhibition (in English, Spanish and Catalan) produced by the Barcelona team to explain Gaia for all audiences. Now updated with five new panels about the Second Gaia Data Release and available online. Available online in four languages: English, Spanish, Catalan and German   See digital exhibition here!  

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Gaia EDR3 bulk catalogue available in a better compression format

The Gaia group at the University of Barcelona (IEEC – ICCUB), in cooperation with DAPCOM Data Services (a technological spin-off company of the UPC and the UB), has published an alternative copy of the bulk data files from Gaia EDR3 – the Early Data Release 3 from Gaia. Gaia EDR3 was published yesterday, 3rd December 2020. Besides the on-line catalogue, bulk CSV files were also made available for download – an interesting option for exhaustive analyses. Such files are officially offered in “csv.gz” format, that is, compressed with the widely known gzip...

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Gaia EDR3 en tus manos

Now you can enjoy the conference Gaia, our Galaxy in your hands by our researchers, Mercè Romero and Josep Manel Carrasco that was given last Thursday, December 3rd at 19.00 via Youtube Live, the conference is in Spanish. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia satellite is revolutionizing the astronomy, providing unprecedented clues about the origin and evolution of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Coinciding with the third publication of mission data, with more than 1.8 billion objects, we describe the mission, review Gaia’s strategy for observing the Universe, and analyse the latest...

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Gaia EDR3 en tus manos

Coloquio-tertulia sobre los datos de Gaia-eDR3 Jueves 3 de diciembre, 16:30 a 18:30 Video del acto en YouTube Objetivos de la reunión A las 12:00 del próximo 3 de diciembre se hará pública la tercera entrega de datos de la misión Gaia, sin duda otro valioso hito esperado por la comunidad astronómica y, muy en particular, por nuestra comunidad REG. El equipo DPAC España queremos compartir, mediante este coloquio-tertulia, las lecciones aprendidas durante las fases de tratamiento de los datos y la obtención de los primeros resultados científicos publicados en los “demonstration papers”. Os...

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Gaia Mission App Updated!!!

Delivering interesting and scientifically accurate information to the general public is a challenge. The Gaia Mission app is an interactive application for mobile devices designed to discover the details of the Gaia mission. All aspects of the mission are covered, from technical issues to the science behind it. The application is designed to keep users engaged during the whole mission and build interest on the mission achievements while stimulating enthusiasm for astronomy.   iOS and Android support for both phones and tablets   Combined, the two platforms capture 96% global market...

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