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Gaia Data Flow System (GDFS) Project: the UK's contribution to Gaia data processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2007

N. A. Walton ,
M. Cropper ,
G. Gilmore ,
M. Irwin  and
F. van Leeuwen
N. A. Walton
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB24 5JE, UK email: naw@ast.cam.ac.uk
M. Cropper
Affiliation:
MSSL, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, UK
G. Gilmore
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB24 5JE, UK
M. Irwin
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB24 5JE, UK
F. van Leeuwen
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB24 5JE, UK
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Abstract

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Gaia is an ESA cornerstone mission which will observe some billion stars in the galaxy enabling micro-arcsec astrometric catalogues to be constructed. In addition Gaia will produce high quality photometric and spectroscopic catalogues.

The data processing tasks are large and complex. A European consortium has been formed - the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC). This paper describes the form of the UK Gaia Data Flow System Project contribution to the DPAC.

Keywords

space vehiclesmethods: data analysis
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S248: A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry , October 2007 , pp. 292 - 293
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