The Italian contribution to the Gaia data processing and archiving

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Authors

Michele Di Martino

Armando Ciampolini

Marco Castronuovo · Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

M. G. Lattanzi · Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino

R. Morbidelli · Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino

Abstract

Abstract Gaia is an ESA Cornerstone mission, scheduled to be launched in spring 2013, dedicated to precisely measure the positions and motions of over a billion stars in our galaxy: the Milky Way. Gaia Data Processing Center Turin (DPCT), the Italian DPC, is hosted and operated at ALTEC in Turin. The primary objective of DPCT is to provide the infrastructure and operations support to the Astrometric Verification Unit (AVU) activities for CU3 and the Italian participation to the Gaia data processing tasks. DPCT will archive all of the data, produced for and delivered to DPAC as part of the Italian contribution to the activities of CU4, CU5, CU7, and CU8.

Topics & Keywords

Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Publication Details

Published in: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Volume 6, Issue S276, pp. 539-541

DOI: 10.1017/s1743921311021132

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