Gaia DR1 info

    Information on Gaia Data Release 1 contents, completeness and limitations.

    		  

    Gaia DR1 papers

    Titles and links to papers describing the data processing of Gaia Data Release 1.

    		  

    Gaia DR1 data

    Gaia Data Release 1 data is now available.

    Gaia Data Credits

    When using Gaia DR1 data, please acknowledge the work of the people involved and provide credits and necessary citations. Each release comes with its own credit lines and DOI.

    		  

    Gaia DR1 documentation

    The full documentation for the first data release, both on webpages and with a downloadable PDF-file

    		  

    Gaia DR1 Passbands

    More information on the photometric system used for Gaia Data Release 1.

    Gaia DR1 Data model

    The Gaia DR1 data model describes all tables together with the names and contents of the columns inside each table.

    		  

    Tutorials and Help

    Help is available to guide you through the process of getting the data you need. Check out the tutorials as they are very instructive!    		  

    Questions

    Read our FAQ or contact the Gaia Helpdesk.

    Public outreach

    An overview of news and stories on the Gaia Mission and Gaia science are given here.

    		  

    DPAC

    The Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium is responsible for processing the Gaia data.

    		  

    Scientific community

    Home of the Gaia scientific community with information, news and resources on the Gaia mission.

     

    Gaia Data Release 1 press conference

    Gaia DR1 overview and the Future

    The motion of two million stars

    The Future of the Orion constellation

    Selection of stories related to Gaia Data Release 1

     

     

    04/07/16: Mark your calendar: Gaia data release set for 14 September

    01/09/16: Call for media: First data release from ESA's Gaia mission

    14/09/16: Gaia's billion-star map hints at treasures to come

    14/09/16: Pluto Stellar Occultation

    16/09/16: First DR1 results

    21/10/16: Asteroid Occultation

    22/09/16: From Hipparchus to Hipparcos: A sonification of stellar catalogues

    27/10/16: Microlensing Follow-Up

    27/10/16: Gaia spies two temporarily magnified stars

    28/10/16: Follow the Gaia 2016 Data Release #1 Workshop live

    15/11/16: Successful first DR1 Workshop

    25/11/16: Signature of the rotation of the galactic bar uncovered

    16/12/16: Standard uncertainties for the photometric data (in GDR1)

    24/01/17: Gaia turns its eyes to asteroid hunting

    24/03/17: Pulsating stars to study Galactic structures

    10/04/17: How faint are the faintest Gaia stars?

    12/04/17: Two million stars on the move

    20/04/17: Extra-galactic observations with Gaia

    20/04/17: Gaia's snapshot of another galaxy

    24/04/17: Gaia reveals the composition of asteroids

    09/06/17: The future of the Orion constellation

    26/06/17: Artificial brain helps Gaia catch speeding stars

    31/08/17: Close stellar encounters from the first Gaia data release

    19/10/17: Hertzsprung-russell diagram using Gaia DR1

    15/11/17: How do you find a star cluster? Easy, simply count the stars

    27/11/17: Stellar motions in nearby galaxy hint at underlying dark matter

    13/12/17: Gaia's view of our galactic neighbours

    03/04/18: Gaia's view of dark interstellar clouds

    20/04/17: Gaia's surprising discoveries – part 1: scrutinising the Milky Way

    20/04/17: Gaia's surprising discoveries – Part 2: From the Sun's neighbourhood to the distant Universe