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Space telescope

Gaia

An ESA space observatory charting the positions, distances, and motions of nearly two billion stars in the Milky Way.

Type
Space telescope
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
26

NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Kuhn (Caltech) · NASA media (public domain)

Earth Observation
Earth Observation · NASA/Johnson

Experience system V6

Space telescope dossier

An observatory-in-space experience for mission context, instruments, wavelength coverage, imagery, and science links.

Optics SVGMission contextInstrument linksImage provenance
  1. 01

    Observe

    NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.

  2. 02

    Measure

    Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.

  3. 03

    Locate

    Operated by ESA.

  4. 04

    Connect

    26 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Space telescope
Graph relations
26
Verified sources
1
Image records
3
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Atlas context

Gaiacoordinate fields shown only when available
  • Operated by

    ESA

  • Studies

    The Milky Way

  • Launched by

    Soyuz

  • Observes

    Visible light

Original SVG diagram

Observation system

Optical pathCollected lightFocal plane / instrumentSpace telescope
Object class
Space telescope
Catalog numbers
Not recorded
Graph relations
26
Sources
1
2MASS J03590986+2...2MASS J11011926-7...2MASS J11550485-7...2MASS J21252752-8...Astrometric Star ...Big-Data AstronomyESAG 196-3 bGaia CatalogueGaia Data Release...Gaia Survey Overl...Gaia-4 bGaiaSpace telescope

Visual knowledge graph

Relationships, not isolated facts

This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.

14 more graph links

Image provenance

Photography as evidence

3 cleared visual records
Star Gaia 17pbi Seen by Spitzer

Star Gaia 17pbi Seen by Spitzer

NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Kuhn (Caltech) · NASA media (public domain)

Earth Observation

Earth Observation

NASA/Johnson · NASA media (public domain)

Star Map of the Milky Way's Outer Halo

Star Map of the Milky Way's Outer Halo

NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/Conroy et. al. 2021 · NASA media (public domain)

Continue the atlas

Curated next objects

organization

ESA

galaxy

The Milky Way

The barred spiral galaxy that contains the Solar System, the Sun, and all stars visible to the naked eye.

launch vehicle

Soyuz

Soyuz is a family of expendable launch vehicles operated by Roscosmos that has long carried crews and cargo to orbit, including to the International Space Station.

wavelength band

Visible light

Visible light is the band the human eye sees and the traditional domain of optical telescopes.

sky survey

Gaia Data Release 3

Gaia Data Release 3 provides positions, distances, motions, and physical properties for nearly two billion stars — the most detailed map of the Milky Way to date.

exoplanet

2MASS J03590986+2009361 b

2MASS J03590986+2009361 b is a gas giant orbiting 2MASS J03590986+2009361, discovered in 2024 by the direct imaging.

Observation

How this was captured

Source
NASA
Observation date
2018-12-18

Gallery

Star Map of the Milky Way's Outer Halo

Images of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are overlaid on a map of the surrounding area, our galaxy's galactic halo.

2021

NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/Conroy et. al. 2021 · NASA media (public domain)

Source archive ↗

Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
space_telescope:gaia
Type
Space telescope
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
26
Graph version
1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/space_telescope:gaia

Scientific quality

Partial
Unreviewed1 sourcev1.0.0

3 of 7 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Partial
Relationship coverage
Complete
Review coverage
None
Citation coverage
None
Image coverage
Complete
Timeline coverage
None

Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

Scientific citations

1

Real, source-backed references — primary papers first, then datasets and institutional sources. Formatted through the citation engine; nothing is fabricated.

  • Mission pageGaia

    European Space Agency

    Cite (APA / BibTeX)
    European Space Agency (n.d.). Gaia. European Space Agency. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia

@misc{cite:obs-space_telescope-gaia,
  title        = {Gaia},
  organization = {European Space Agency},
  year         = {n.d.},
  url          = {https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia},
  note         = {Official page for Gaia.}
}

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Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • ESAEuropean Space Agency

    European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.