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Catalogue · 2016 CE

Gaia Catalogue

History of Astronomy

About the catalogue

The catalogues from ESA's Gaia mission, mapping the positions, distances, motions, and brightnesses of nearly two billion stars. Gaia is the most precise and comprehensive astrometric survey ever made, transforming nearly every field of astronomy.

Behind the catalogue

Knowledge connections

Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • GaiaESA Gaia astrometric survey

    Billion-star astrometry, photometry, and distances (future identifier support).

  • ESAEuropean Space Agency

    European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.