Gaia making a 3D-map of a Billion stars, new space observatory |
Gaia making a 3D-map of a Billion stars, new space observatory |
Apr 1 2006, 07:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 124 Joined: 23-March 06 Member No.: 723 |
Have you guys heard about this one ?
Gaia observatory link link QUOTE "The satellite will determine the position, colour and true motion of one thousand million stars and over 100,000 objects in our Solar System. Gaia will also identify as many as 10,000 planets around other stars. " QUOTE "Gaia will measure distance (from parallax) out to ~100,000 parsecs; for stars ~10,000 pc away, with a Vmag of ~<15, Gaia will measure their distances accurate to ~10-20%." You can also read about it here http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0407/06mapping/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_probe or check the European space site |
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Dec 19 2013, 03:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 745 |
OMG.
Video of the launch of Gaia is awesome. It is informative, historical and just downright beautiful. It is the 1,813 launch of the an R-7 derived vehicle, the 6th from the Western Hemisphere. You can see the separation of the boosters, what the Russians call "Gagarin's Cross." As Gaia flies into the dawn, you can see the boosters fall away, looking like "twinkling stars." Watch it full-screen and enjoy. http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/Videos/2013/1...unch_-_Lift-off |
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Dec 19 2013, 05:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 4-May 11 From: Pardubice, CZ Member No.: 5979 |
You can see the separation of the boosters, what the Russians call "Gagarin's Cross." Wrong. They call it "Korolev cross". |
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Dec 20 2013, 03:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 745 |
Wrong. They call it "Korolev cross". You are so right. I knew I should have looked that up before I posted. Now we can see it over the Atlantic. |
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