ATel #6593: Gaia Alerts classified at the William Herschel Telescope
Authors of ATel #6593 released today (19 Oct 2014; 14:48 UT) report spectroscopic confirmation and classifications for Gaia Photometric Science Alerts published on this website.
While scanning the sky to measure the positions and movements of stars in our Galaxy, Gaia has discovered its first stellar explosion in another galaxy far, far away.
Following the In-Orbit Commissioning Review on 18 July, Gaia started routine operations phase on 25 July.
A temporary installation by Tania Kovats, Gaia's artist in residence, opens in June as part of the Public Art Programme for the North West Cambridge Development.
2,500 children at 34 schools and colleges from across Europe participated in the event, which took place on 25 March 2014.
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