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most citedGaia Data Release 2: Photometric content and validation

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astro-ph.SR2020★ 50 cited

Large-amplitude variables in Gaia Data Release 2. Multi-band variability characterization

N. Mowlavi, L. Rimoldini, D. W. Evans +11

The second data release (DR2) of Gaia provides mean photometry in three bands for 1.4 billion sources, but light curves and variability properties are available for only $\si…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 8 cited

Electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events from Gaia

Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, P. G. Jonker, S. T. Hodgkin +15

The recent discoveries of gravitational wave events and in one case also its electromagnetic (EM) counterpart allow us to study the Universe in a novel way. The increased sensitivi…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 756 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Photometric content and validation

D. W. Evans, M. Riello, F. De Angeli +9

Aims. We describe the photometric content of the second data release of the Gaia project (Gaia DR2) and its validation along with the quality of the data. Methods. The validation w…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 146 cited

The VISTA ZYJHKs Photometric System: Calibration from 2MASS

Carlos González-Fernández, Simon T. Hodgkin, Michael J. Irwin +7

In this paper we describe the routine photometric calibration of data taken with the VIRCAM instrument on the ESO VISTA telescope. The broadband ZYJHKs data are directly calibrated…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 101 cited

Gaia Data Release 1. Testing the parallaxes with local Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars

Gaia Collaboration, G. Clementini, L. Eyer +588

Parallaxes for 331 classical Cepheids, 31 Type II Cepheids and 364 RR Lyrae stars in common between Gaia and the Hipparcos and Tycho-2 catalogues are published in Gaia Data Release…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 2 cited

Pulsating star research and the Gaia revolution

Laurent Eyer, Gisella Clementini, Leanne P. Guy +17

In this article we present an overview of the ESA Gaia mission and of the unprecedented impact that Gaia will have on the field of variable star research. We summarise the contents…