Gaia DR2 documentation Chapter 1: Introduction
Abstract
This chapter of the Gaia DR2 documentation describes the Gaia mission, the Gaia spacecraft, and the organisation of the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC), which is responsible for the processing and analysis of the Gaia data. Furthermore, various properties of the data release are summarised, including statistical properties, object statistics, completeness, selection and filtering criteria, and limitations of the data.
- Publication:
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Gaia DR2 documentation
- Pub Date:
- July 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018gdr2.reptE...1D