Unveiling the Galaxy with Gaia
Abstract
The Gaia Mission due for launch this year will revolutionise our understanding of the formation and evolution of the Milky Way and of the astrophysics in general. This paper reviews the current status of the Mission, and the expected accuracies as derived from instrument performance assessment.
- Publication:
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Setting the scene for Gaia and LAMOST
- Pub Date:
- January 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921313006443
- Bibcode:
- 2014IAUS..298..253V
- Keywords:
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- Astrometry;
- Galaxy:stellar content;
- Galaxy: structure