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Gaia DR2— The first ”real” Gaia catalogue —

Michael Biermannon behalf of the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium DPAC

June 18, 2018

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The second Gaia Data Release (Gaia DR2) contains:

Gaia DR2 Gaia DR1 Hipparcostotal 1690 1140 0,12positions, parallaxes, proper motions 1330 2 0,12positions only 360 1140 —G magnitudes 1690 1140 0,12colours (GBP, GRP) 1380 — 0,12radial velocitites 7,2 — —stellar parameters 77 – 161 — — ︸

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quasars 560.000 135.000 3variable stars 550.000 3.200 12.000asteroids 14.000 — 48

22 months of data; reference epoch = 2015.5

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Magnitude distribution of Gaia DR2 sources

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Magnitude distribution of Gaia DR2 sources

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Magnitude distribution of Gaia DR2 sources

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Magnitude distribution of Gaia DR2 sources

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Magnitude distribution of Gaia DR2 sources

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Magnitude distribution of Gaia DR2 sources

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Magnitude distribution of Gaia DR2 sources

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Magnitude distribution of Gaia DR2 sources

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Magnitude distribution of Gaia DR2 sources: 5p- and 2p-solutions

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Gaia DR2 precisions: parallaxes

typical precisions:

G magnitude precisions15 mag 0.03 mas17 mag 0.1 mas20 mag 0.7 mas21 mag 2.0 mas

Systematics below 0.1 mas.

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Gaia DR2 precisions: parallaxes

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Gaia DR2 precisions: proper motions

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Gaia DR2 precisions: photometry

calibration floors:

G 2 mmagBP 5 mmagRP 3 mmag

orange DR2magenta DR1

G band 330 – 1050 nmBP 330 – 680 nmRB 630 – 1050 nm

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Gaia DR2 precisions: radial velocities

RVS: 845 – 872 nm; only stars in the temperature range [3550,6900] KMichael Biermann Gaia DR2 June 18, 2018 16 / 50

Source IDs and cross-match: duplicates removed

Cycle-01 sources

−→ improved accuracy

Cycle-02 sources

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Significantly improved angular resolution

— dense sky areas —

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Significantly improved angular resolution

— sparse sky areas —

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Gaia “sees” real double stars with 0.4 – 3 arcseconds separation

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Room for improvements

1◦ checkered parallax pattern(0.03 mas, in the LMC, but present over all the sky)

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Gaia DR2 is an independent catalogue!

stand alone this time

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Gaia DR2 is an independent catalogue!

stand alone this time

different photometric system (∆G ≈ −0.1 mag, colour dependent)

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Gaia DR2 is an independent catalogue!

stand alone this time

different photometric system (∆G ≈ −0.1 mag, colour dependent)

different source listI merged / split / new sourcesI Gaia DR2 ↔ Gaia DR1

F G < 16: 80-90% of the sources changed sourceIDF G < 18: 20% of the sources changed sourceIDF tracking table is delivered as part of Gaia DR2

I DR3 outlook:F roughly 10% changes to be expected overall

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Gaia-Archive

• ARI: http://gaia.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/

• ESA: http://archives.esac.esa.int/gaia

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Gaia Documentation & Videos

we highly recommend to read the Gaia DR2 A&A release papers(≈ 10 papers)

you should also consult the Gaia DR2 on-line documentationhttp://gaia.esac.esa.int/documentation

there are in addition science verification papers with valuableinformation(A&A, ≈ 10 papers)

we have videos for scientistsexplaining important aspects of Gaia DR2https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/guide-to-scientists

Gaia User Forumhttps://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/forum

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A glimpse of science with Gaia DR2...

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LMC rotational field

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LMC rotational field

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

white dwarfs with H envelope

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

white dwarfs with He envelope

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

white dwarfs with C-O core that lost their envelope

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

binaries with two white dwarfs of equal mass

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

binaries with a white dwarf and a main-sequence star

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

unknown population of white dwarfs?

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

yet unknown population of white dwarfs?

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

giant branch

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

HRD of 32 open cluster

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

HRD of 14 globular cluster

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Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

Praesepe and Hyades cluster HRD

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“Clean” HR diagram of nearby (< 100 pc) stars

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“Clean” HR diagram of nearby (< 100 pc) stars

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Sources additionally filtered by (magnitude-dependent) chi-square: 249,793

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“Clean” HR diagram of nearby (< 100 pc) stars

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Sources additionally filtered by chi-square and flux excess ratio: 242,583

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Stars within 50 pc from the Sun

73,246

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Stars within 50 pc from the Sun) stars

Sources additionally filtered by (magnitude-dependent) chi-square: 39,478

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Stars within 50 pc from the Sun

Sources additionally filtered by chi-square and flux excess ratio: 34,001(but at least 700 real stars lost)

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On the road to Gaia DR3 ...

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Forthcoming Gaia DR3 — planned for end 2020

photometric epoch data for variable stars

double stars

100,000 solar system objects with orbits

asteroid spectra

more than 1 million quasars and extended objects

35 million radial velocities

astrometry, photometry, spectroscopy, variable stars, ...:increased numbers, better accuracies/systematics

variable stars: more types of variability

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