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| Announcement of Opportunity for the Gaia Data Processing |
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| Date: 09 Nov 2006 |
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| Schedule for Announcement of Opportunity for DPAC |
| The processing of Gaia's extensive data harvest will be a formidable and complex task, for which ESA must rely on the scientific community. |
| Date: 16 Oct 2006 |
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| Gaia Vacancies |
| A number of software and research positions to work on Gaia-related tasks are offered at European research institutes. |
| Date: 05 Sep 2006 |
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| ESA Selects Prime Contractor for Gaia |
| During a ceremony held in Toulouse on 11 May 2006, ESA officially awarded EADS Astrium the contract to develop and build the Gaia satellite. The goal of this space mission, currently planned for launch in 2011, is to make the largest, most precise map of our own Galaxy to date. |
| Date: 11 May 2006 |
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| Postdoc position on eclipsing binaries at ULB |
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| Date: 26 Jan 2006 |
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| Two postdoc positions on relativistic modelling and data processing for Gaia |
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| Date: 23 Dec 2005 |
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| Gaia photometric system paper to appear in MNRAS |
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| Date: 13 Dec 2005 |
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| Postdoc positions on Gaia data processing at MPIA |
| Two postdoc positions are available at the Max Planck Institute for
Astronomy, Heidelberg, to work on preparations for the Gaia data
processing. |
| Date: 08 Dec 2005 |
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| Engineering position at GEPI - Observatoire de Paris to work on Gaia |
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| Date: 26 Oct 2005 |
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| Progress in the organisation of the Gaia DPAC |
| The second meeting of the Data Analysis Coordination Committee was held at MPI, Heidelberg, 6-7 October. |
| Date: 17 Oct 2005 |
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| Final presentation of the Large Deployable Sunshield contract |
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| Date: 05 Sep 2005 |
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| Industrial ITT Documentation Released |
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| Date: 01 Jul 2005 |
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| Establishment of a Data Analysis Coordination Committee |
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| Date: 27 Jun 2005 |
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| Gaia CCD Contract Signed |
| Last Friday, 9 June, David Southwood, ESA director of Science, signed a contract with UK based firm e2v Technologies for the development of CCD camera sensors for Gaia. The firm will be responsible for the production of a 1.5 giga-pixel camera capable of deriving high precision astrometric information for a billion stars. |
| Date: 13 Jun 2005 |
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| Postdoc position in Heidelberg on Gaia and SDSS/SEGUE |
| As part of a new research group at the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, a postdoc position is available to work with Coryn Bailer-Jones on Gaia and SDSS/SEGUE. SEGUE is the recently approved extension of the SDSS project to the Galactic plane. The position is concerned with the development and application of astrophysical parameter estimation methods for both Gaia and SEGUE.
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| Date: 21 Apr 2005 |
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| Gaia in 2004 - status report now available |
| Gaia in 2004, a status report prepared by the Gaia Project Scientist, summarises the status of the Gaia project at the end of 2004, describes the progress achieved in 2004 with emphasis on the scientific activities, and summarises the major ongoing and planned activities. |
| Date: 31 Mar 2005 |
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| Letter of Intent to Participate in the Gaia Data Processing |
Dear Colleagues,
ESA hereby invites individuals or institutes in Member States,
wishing to play a role in the Gaia data processing in the years 2006
onwards, to submit a 'Letter of Intent' to ESA outlining their
possible future involvement. |
| Date: 17 Jan 2005 |
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| Engineering positions at GEPI/Observatoire de Paris |
| Two engineering positions have been created at GEPI/Observatoire de Paris for one year with a possibility of renewal for one or two years. |
| Date: 13 Dec 2004 |
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| Gaia postdoctoral position at Leiden Observatory |
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| Date: 17 Nov 2004 |
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| Simulation of binary stars: a testbed for Grid computing |
| A GASS simulation of Gaia telemetry, corresponding to five years of observations of 1000 astrometric binary stars, has been successfully completed using the GaiaGrid environment. |
| Date: 17 Nov 2004 |
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