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20142017
most citedThe Gaia mission

7.1k citations · 9.4k across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.GA201726 cited

Population gradient in Sextans dSph: Comprehensive mapping of a dwarf galaxy by Suprime-Cam

S. Okamoto, N. Arimoto, E. Tolstoy +5

We present the deep and wide and photometry of the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph) taken by Suprime-Cam imager on the Subaru Telescope, which extends out to the ti…

astro-ph.IM201660 cited

Gaia data release 1, the photometric data

F. van Leeuwen, D. W. Evans, F. De Angeli +91

Context. This paper presents an overview of the photometric data that are part of the first Gaia data release. Aims. The principles of the processing and the main characteristics o…

astro-ph.IM20162.1k cited

Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari +5

At about 1000 days after the launch of Gaia we present the first Gaia data release, Gaia DR1, consisting of astrometry and photometry for over 1 billion sources brighter than magni…

astro-ph.IM20167.1k cited

The Gaia mission

Gaia Collaboration

Gaia is a cornerstone mission in the science programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). The spacecraft construction was approved in 2006, following a study in which the original…

astro-ph.GA201615 cited

The elusive stellar halo of the Triangulum Galaxy

B. McMonigal, G. F. Lewis, B. J. Brewer +7

The stellar halos of large galaxies represent a vital probe of the processes of galaxy evolution. They are the remnants of the initial bouts of star formation during the collapse o…

astro-ph.SR201480 cited

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Stellar content and elemental abundances in the massive cluster NGC 6705

T. Cantat-Gaudin, A. Vallenari, S. Zaggia +52

Chemically inhomogeneous populations are observed in most globular clusters, but not in open clusters. Cluster mass seems to play a key role in the existence of multiple population…