Where’s Gaia? VST images of Gaia
Before aiming at the stars, you must know where you are. Very Large Telescope Survey Telescope images of Gaia released.
Before aiming at the stars, you must know where you are. Very Large Telescope Survey Telescope images of Gaia released.
ESA’s billion-star surveyor Gaia is slowly being brought into focus. The test image released today by ESA shows a dense cluster of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
On 14 January 2014, following a short thruster burn just after 15:30 GMT (16:30 CET), Gaia reached its operational Lissajous orbit around L2.
Gaia will be featured in Episode 3 of BBC Two's Stargazing Live 2014 on 9 January.
Page last updated: 01 July 2014