Gaia Early Data Release 3

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Gaia Early Data Release 3 is an intermediate catalog from the ESA Gaia mission providing highly precise astrometric and photometric measurements for over a billion stars in the Milky Way.

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Gaia Early Data Release 3 canonical 4
Gaia EDR3 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaia mission data release
astronomical catalog
star catalog
alternateName Gaia EDR3
approximateNumberOfSources 1.8 billion
1800000000
contains BP photometry
RP photometry
astrometric data
broadband G photometry
five-parameter astrometric solutions
mean magnitudes
parallaxes
photometric data
positions
proper motions
two-parameter astrometric solutions
coordinateSystem ICRS
covers Local Group stars
Milky Way
quasars
solar system objects
dataAccessService ESA Gaia Archive
ESA Gaia Archive Plus
linked to: ESA Gaia Archive
dataCollectionPeriodEnd 2017-05-28
dataCollectionPeriodStart 2014-07-25
dataFormat FITS
VOTable
follows Gaia Data Release 2
hasMeanParallaxUncertaintyAtG15 ~0.02 milliarcseconds
hasMeanParallaxUncertaintyAtG20 ~0.5 milliarcseconds
hasMeanProperMotionUncertaintyAtG15 ~0.02 milliarcseconds per year
hasMeanProperMotionUncertaintyAtG20 ~0.5 milliarcseconds per year
improvesUpon Gaia Data Release 2 astrometry
linked to: Gaia Data Release 2

Gaia Data Release 2 photometry
linked to: Gaia Data Release 2
language English
mainPublication Gaia Collaboration 2021 A&A EDR3 overview paper
mission Gaia
operator ESA
European Space Agency
partOf Gaia mission
linked to: Gaia observatory
precedes Gaia Data Release 3
provides all-sky coverage
publicationDate 2020-12-03
purpose Galactic structure studies
astrometry of Milky Way stars
distance scale calibration
stellar kinematics studies
referenceEpoch J2016.0
timeBaseline 34 months

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Gaia observatory dataRelease Gaia Early Data Release 3
Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium product Gaia Early Data Release 3
Gaia Data Release 2 successor Gaia Early Data Release 3
Gaia Early Data Release 3 alternateName Gaia EDR3
linked to: Gaia Early Data Release 3
Gaia Data Release 3 follows Gaia Early Data Release 3