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Census of the Galaxy: Challenges for Photometry and Spectrometry with GAIA

Proceedings of the Workshop held in Vilnius, Lithuania 2–6 July 2001

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  • © 2002

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Table of contents (28 papers)

  1. GAIA: An Astrometric and Photometric Survey of our Galaxy

  2. GAIA: Photometry

  3. GAIA: Astrophysical Issues

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Astrometry from space was performed for the first time and with great success by the ESA Hipparcos satellite (1989-93). This mission was designed as an as­ trometry mission, but the use of a photon counting detector made it possible to produce very important photometric results: the most accurate astronomical pho­ tometry ever by the main Hipparcos mission in a very broad band of 120000 stars, and the two-colour Tycho-2 photometry of 2.5 million stars. The cornerstone ESA mission GAIA was approved in October 2000 for launch not later than 2012. This mission will use CCDs in time-delayed integration mode instead of the photo-cathode detectors used in Hipparcos. Due to the higher quantum efficiency of the CCDs, simultaneous integration of many stars, and larger tele­ scope apertures GAIA will utilize the star light a million times more efficiently than Hipparcos, resulting in astrometry and multi-colour photometry for one billion stars. GAIA photometry is crucial for the scientific utilization of the astrometric results, and the photometric data have a high scientific content in themselves.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Physics, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Vladas Vansevičius

  • Vilnius University Observatory, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Arūnas Kučinskas, Jokūbas Sūdžius

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Census of the Galaxy: Challenges for Photometry and Spectrometry with GAIA

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Workshop held in Vilnius, Lithuania 2–6 July 2001

  • Editors: Vladas Vansevičius, Arūnas Kučinskas, Jokūbas Sūdžius

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0361-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0596-1Published: 30 June 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3911-6Published: 17 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0361-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 194

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, 280:1-2

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

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