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On-orbit performance of the Gaia CCDs at L2
C. Crowley, R. Kohley, N. C. Hambly +19
The European Space Agency's Gaia satellite was launched into orbit around L2 in December 2013 with a payload containing 106 large-format scientific CCDs. The primary goal of the mi…
Radiation effects on the Gaia CCDs after 30 months at L2
Cian Crowley, Asier Abreu, Ralf Kohley +2
Since the launch of ESA's Gaia satellite in December 2013, the 106 large-format scientific CCDs onboard have been operating at L2. Due to a combination of the high-precision measur…
Enabling science with Gaia observations of naked-eye stars
J. Sahlmann, J. Martín-Fleitas, A. Mora +3
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 e…