Gaia

Abstract

A review of the Gaia mission and its science performance after one year of operations will be presented, and the contribution to reconstructing the history of the Milky Way will be outlined.

6 pages, 4 figures. To appear in Astronomische Nachrichten, special issue "Reconstructing the Milky Way's History: Spectroscopic Surveys, Asteroseismology and Chemodynamical Models", Guest Editors C. Chiappini, J. Montalban, and M. Steffen, AN 2016 (in press)

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• The observed properties of dwarf galaxies in and around the Local Group
• The Gaia astrophysical parameters inference system (Apsis). Pre-launch description
• Draco, a flawless dwarf galaxy
• Proper Motion of the Draco Dwarf Galaxy Based On Hubble Space Telescope Imaging

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