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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.IM2017395 cited

Gaia Data Release 1: Catalogue validation

F. Arenou, X. Luri, C. Babusiaux +42

Before the publication of the Gaia Catalogue, the contents of the first data release have undergone multiple dedicated validation tests. These tests aim at analysing in-depth the C…

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.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.GA2016618 cited

Gaia Data Release 1: Astrometry - one billion positions, two million proper motions and parallaxes

L. Lindegren, U. Lammers, U. Bastian +80

Gaia Data Release 1 (Gaia DR1) contains astrometric results for more than 1 billion stars brighter than magnitude 20.7 based on observations collected by the Gaia satellite during…

astro-ph.IM2016115 cited

Gaia Data Release 1, Pre-processing and source list creation

C. Fabricius, U. Bastian, J. Portell +1

The first data release from the Gaia mission contains accurate positions and magnitudes for more than a billion sources, and proper motions and parallaxes for the majority of the 2…