Nieuwe datum GAIA Revisited
Datum: 24-11-2017
Locatie: Oortgebouw, Leiden
Op 24 November organiseert de NVR een lezingenavond over GAIA.
De avond wordt gehouden in de Sitterzaal van het Oortgebouw Leiden. De avond duurt van 18:45 – 21:45
Gaia is a satellite that eventually will determine the positions, distances and motions of a billion objects, mostly stars from our Milky Way. A first data release took place on 14 September 2016 and already many papers have appeared based on this release. This was announced with this nice poster:
Time for us, members of the NVR, to familiarize ourselves again with this satellite and its monumental impact on astronomy.
Programme:
18:45 - 19:15 Welcome and coffee
19:15 - 19:20 Introduction on behalf of NVR
19:20 - 19:55 Introduction and Data Processing Gaia by Anthony Brown
19:55 - 20:30 Basic angle monitor onboard Gaia by Teun van den Dool
20:30 - 21:05 Hypervelocity stars, observed with Gaia by Elena Maria Rossi
21:05 - 21:45 Drinks
Location:
het Oortgebouw,
Niels Bohrweg 2,
2333 CA Leiden.