Understanding GAIA : a mission to map the galaxy /: a mission to map the galaxy. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gabriella Bernardi and Alberto Vecchiato.
• Authors: Bernardi, Gabriella; Vecchiato, Alberto
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Introduction; G as in Gaia, Galaxy, Galaxies; 1 Gaia in the Sky; 2 The Milky Way: Our Galaxy and Its Components; 2.1 The Galaxy; 2.2 The Stars; 2.3 The H-R Diagram; 2.4 Planets and Minor Bodies; 3 Galaxies Everywhere!; 3.1 From "Galaxy" to "Galaxies"; 3.2 Galaxies Have a Dark Side. Or not?; 3.3 Are We at the Center of a Ripping Universe?; A as in Astronomy and Astrometry; 4 History of Astronomy at a Glance; 4.1 Astronomy and Astrometry; 4.2 Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics; 4.3 Astrometry and Astrophysics; 5 Astrometry; 5.1 The What and the Why; 5.2 Positions 5.3 Proper Motions5.4 Parallaxes; 5.5 Perspective Acceleration; 5.6 High-Precision Astrometry; 6 Global Astrometry and the Art of Celestial Map-Making; 6.1 Global Astrometry from the Ground; 6.2 Global Astrometry from Space and Gaia; I as in Instrumentation and Information Technology; 7 Building the Gaia Satellite; 7.1 The Spacecraft; 7.2 The Service Module; 7.3 The Payload Module; 7.4 Astrometry Is Too Serious to Be Left (Only) to Astrometrists; 8 On the Trail of Gaia Data; 8.1 From Space to the Earth: Mission Control System 8.2 Raw, Intermediate, or Well Done: The Gaia Data Processing Consortium8.3 The Endlessly Moving Data; 8.4 Gaia Archive: The Final Destination; A as in Astronautics and Scientific Anticipation; 9 Astronautics; 9.1 Astronautics 101; 9.2 Gaia in Space; 9.3 Gaia and the Astronautics of the Future; 10 The Science of Gaia: A Walkthrough; 10.1 A Satellite Filled with Promise; 10.2 The Solar System; 10.3 Exoplanets; 10.4 Stellar Evolution; 10.5 Evolution of the Milky Way; 10.6 Beyond the Milky Way; 10.7 Fundamental Physics; 10.8 Recapping; Gaia's Latest News; 11 Gaia Data Releases 11.1 Gaia Data Made Public11.2 Data Release 1; 11.3 Data Release 2; 12 Selected Results; 12.1 Hunting for Science; 12.2 Stellar NICUs Are Less Exclusive Than Expected; 12.3 Secrets of Stellar Structures Revealed by a Tiny Gap; 12.4 Shedding Light on the Milky Way's Turbulent Rendezvouses; 12.5 Tinkering with the Cosmic Distance Ladder; References; Books; Scientific Papers; Web
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 520; Astrometry; SCIENCE / Astronomy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030114497
• Related ISBNs: 303011449X; 9783030114480; 3030114481
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 20, 2019).
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