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The Gaia mission

Gaia Collaboration, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari, C. Babusiaux, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, U. Bastian, M. Biermann, D. W. Evans et al. (616 more)

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629272

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari, T. Prusti, J. H.J. de Bruijne, F. Mignard, R. Drimmel, C. Babusiaux, C. A.L. Bailer-Jones, U. Bastian et al. (582 more)

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629512

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Pre-processing and source list creation

C. Fabricius, U. Bastian, J. Portell, J. Castañeda, M. Davidson, N. C. Hambly, M. Clotet, M. Biermann, A. Mora, D. Busonero et al. (97 more)

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628643

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Astrometry: one billion positions, two million proper motions and parallaxes

L. Lindegren, U. Lammers, U. Bastian, J. Hernández, S. Klioner, D. Hobbs, A. Bombrun, D. Michalik, M. Ramos-Lerate, A. Butkevich et al. (73 more)

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628714

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Reference frame and optical properties of ICRF sources

F. Mignard, S. Klioner, L. Lindegren, U. Bastian, A. Bombrun, J. Hernández, D. Hobbs, U. Lammers, D. Michalik, M. Ramos-Lerate et al. (11 more)

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629534

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Gaia Data Release 1 - On-orbit performance of the Gaia CCDs at L2

C. Crowley, R. Kohley, N. C. Hambly, M. Davidson, A. Abreu, F. van Leeuwen, C. Fabricius, G. Seabroke, J. H. J. de Bruijne, A. Short et al. (12 more)

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628990

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Principles of the photometric calibration of the G band

J. M. Carrasco, D. W. Evans, P. Montegriffo, C. Jordi, F. van Leeuwen, M. Riello, H. Voss, F. De Angeli, G. Busso, C. Fabricius et al. (17 more)

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629235

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Gaia Data Release 1 - The Cepheid and RR Lyrae star pipeline and its application to the south ecliptic pole region

G. Clementini, V. Ripepi, S. Leccia, N. Mowlavi, I. Lecoeur-Taibi, M. Marconi, L. Szabados, L. Eyer, L. P. Guy, L. Rimoldini et al. (17 more)

Published online: 24 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629583

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Gaia Data Release 1 - The photometric data

F. van Leeuwen, D. W. Evans, F. De Angeli, C. Jordi, G. Busso, C. Cacciari, M. Riello, E. Pancino, G. Altavilla, A. G. A. Brown et al. (84 more)

Published online: 23 February 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630064

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Catalogue validation

F. Arenou, X. Luri, C. Babusiaux, C. Fabricius, A. Helmi, A. C. Robin, A. Vallenari, S. Blanco-Cuaresma, T. Cantat-Gaudin, K. Findeisen et al. (35 more)

Published online: 27 February 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629895

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Validation of the photometry

D. W. Evans, M. Riello, F. De Angeli, G. Busso, F. van Leeuwen, C. Jordi, C. Fabricius, A. G. A. Brown, J. M. Carrasco, H. Voss et al. (5 more)

Published online: 29 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629241

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Gaia Data Release 1 - Open cluster astrometry: performance, limitations, and future prospects

Gaia Collaboration, F. van Leeuwen, A. Vallenari, C. Jordi, L. Lindegren, U. Bastian, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, A. G. A. Brown, C. Babusiaux et al. (582 more)

Published online: 21 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730552