Commissioning and early routine phase images and figures

A collection of Gaia commissioning and early routine phase images and figures
 
     
First light image - Sadalmelik Gaia Calibration image - NGC1818 Gaia Calibration images II
     
Gais source detection Sky coverage of Gaia during Commissioning First Gaia BP/RP and RVS spectra
     
Calibration image III - Messier 51 Asteroids at the "photo finish" Eclipsing binaries
     
Gaia discovers its first supernova