Gaia observations of naked-eye stars: status update
Abstract
ESA's Gaia space astrometry mission is performing an all-sky survey of stellar objects. At the beginning of the nominal mission in July 2014, an operation scheme was adopted that enabled Gaia to routinely acquire observations of all stars brighter than the original limit of G~6, i.e. the naked-eye stars. We present the current status and extent of those observations.
- Publication:
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Astrometry and Astrophysics in the Gaia Sky
- Pub Date:
- April 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921317005592
- Bibcode:
- 2018IAUS..330..343S
- Keywords:
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- space vehicles: instruments;
- catalogs;
- astrometry;
- stars: distances