Gaia mapping the stars of the Milky Way.An all-sky view of stars in our Galaxy – the Milky Way – and neighbouring galaxies, based on the first year of observations from ESA’s Gaia satellite, from July 2014 to September 2015.
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Gaia mapping the stars of the Milky Way.ESA/ATG medialab; background: ESO/S. Brunier
An all-sky view of stars in our Galaxy – the Milky Way – and neighbouring galaxies, based on the first year of observations from ESA’s Gaia satellite, from July 2014 to September 2015.A. Moitinho & M. Barros (CENTRA – University of Lisbon), on behalf of DPAC
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Mission name: Gaia Space Observatory

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