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astro-ph.IM201722 cited

Gaia Data Release 1: Validation of the photometry

D. W. Evans, M. Riello, F. De Angeli +12

Aims. The photometric validation of the Gaia DR1 release of the ESA Gaia mission is described and the quality of the data shown. Methods. This is carried out via an internal analys…

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.GA2016115 cited

Clouds, Streams and Bridges. Redrawing the blueprint of the Magellanic System with Gaia DR1

Vasily Belokurov, Denis Erkal, Alis J. Deason +5

We present the discovery of stellar tidal tails around the Large and the Small Magellanic Clouds in the Gaia DR1 data. In between the Clouds, their tidal arms are stretched towards…

astro-ph.IM201669 cited

Gaia data release 1: Principles of the photometric calibration of the G band

J. M. Carrasco, D. W. Evans, P. Montegriffo +24

Context. Gaia is an ESA cornerstone mission launched on 19 December 2013 aiming to obtain the most complete and precise 3D map of our Galaxy by observing more than one billion sour…

astro-ph.SR201684 cited

Gaia Data Release 1 - The Cepheid & RR Lyrae star pipeline and its application to the south ecliptic pole region

G. Clementini, V. Ripepi, S. Leccia +24

We present an overview of the Specific Objects Study (SOS) pipeline developed within the Coordination Unit 7 (CU7) of the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC), the c…

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…