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Igel

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3. Told my students recently that Gaia data were on the web.

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Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:22 PM

Apr 23

Downloadable. Analyzable not based on authority but on science/math chops.

https://gea.esac.esa.int/archive/

(We were discussing galaxy evolution in class and how galaxies grew by cannibalism ... So I tangented and talked about the Gaia Sausage.... Perhaps a bit much for HS .. Most didn't get how the x-y graph didn't show location but velocities. Ah, Gaia. Vera Rubin, you're coming along, another all-sky survey.)

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Gaia space observatory bids farewell after a decade of mapping the stars - PBS NewsHour [View all] Rhiannon12866 Apr 21 OP

What a wonderful, magnificent tool. Seems like it will take years to decipher all the info.. chouchou Apr 21 #1

I was sure impressed, too - who knows what mysteries we'll learn about? Such groundbreaking information... Rhiannon12866 Apr 21 #2

Told my students recently that Gaia data were on the web. Igel Apr 23 #3

Thanks so much! Rhiannon12866 Apr 23 #4