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Escape into the Milky Way with the publication of Gaia’s EDR3 catalog

On Thursday 3 December 2020, ESA will release ‶Early DR3″, the new catalog of celestial objects from the Gaia satellite, the largest ever produced. The French astrophysicists directly involved in the mission are pleased to invite you to follow its opening live, with its first results.

Press videoconference
Thursday, December 3, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm on zoom
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Word of welcome by Fabienne Casoli, President of the Paris Observatory - PSL

The Gaia mission and its 3rd catalogue by Catherine Turon, astronomer emeritus at Paris Observatory - PSL and Frédéric Arenou CNRS engineer at Paris Observatory - PSL

The Gaia catalog of nearby stars by Céline Reylé, astronomer at the University of Franche-Comté in the Universe, Time-Frequency, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphere and Environment, Molecules laboratory (CNRS/University of Franche-Comté) and at the THETA Observatory of Universe Sciences (CNRS/University of Franche-Comté / ENSMM / University of Burgundy)

The Galactic Anticenter as seen by Gaia by Georges Kordopatis, assistant astronomer at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

A walk in the Milky Way on gaiasky by Clément Hottier, post-doctoral fellow at Paris Observatory - PSL

Next episodes: DR3 in 2022, and after? by Chantal Panem, Head of Mission at CNES and Clara Nicolas, Project Manager at CNES

Question and answer session.

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The press videoconference will be recorded and available for replay on the channel YouTube de l’Observatoire de Paris - PSL

Updated on 4 December 2020