Gaia DR3 event
Gaia released its 3nd full data release (DR3) on June 13, 2022, at 12:00 CEST. The Gaia DPAC variability consortium (CU7/DPCG) led by the University of Geneva has contributed in DR3, releasing the light curves, types, and several astrophysical properties of more than 10 million variable sources.
An event was organised at the Department of Astronomy of the University of Geneva, on the Ecogia site. Participation in the event was on invitation only.
The event can be followed below
The agenda was the following:
| 9h30-10h00 |
Welcome and introductory speeches |
Laurent Eyer - Lead of CU7 Francesco Pepe - Director of the Department of Astronomy Jolanka Tchamkerten - Mayor of Versoix Stéphane Paltani - Chair of the Swiss Commission for Space Research Valérie Koller - Swiss Space Office |
| 10h00-10h30 | Live translation of the ESA/Gaia/DPAC press briefing (through Geneva channel) |
Josef Aschbacher - ESA Director General Günther Hasinger - ESA Director of Science Timo Prusti - Gaia Project Scientist Anthony Brown - DPAC Chair Antonella Vallenari - DPAC Deputy Chair Conny Aerts - Professor at Leuven University and member of the Gaia Collaboration |
| 10h30-10h45 | Break | |
| 10h45-12h00 |
Presentations of Gaia results by local Gaia scientists
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10h45-11h00: Damien Ségransan - Exoplanets with Gaia astrometry 11h00-11h55: Variability analysis presentations Laurent Eyer - A summary of DR3 variable sources Lorenzo Rimoldini - Classification of Gaia variable sources Nami Mowlavi - Getting the most of variable stars Krzysztof Nienartowicz - Gaia Big Data 11h55-12h00 Questions |
| 12h00 | Livestream of the ESAC event, opening of the DR3 archive | |
| 12h15-14h00 | Apéritif & Cocktail dînatoire | Château d'Ecogia |
Contact points: Laurent Eyer and Marc Audard
Venue Location
Ecogia Pavilion, Department of Astronomy, Ch. d'Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix.
To get a detailed interactive view please follow the link to obtain information about the Parking and the location of the Ecogia facilities .
Information about the Gaia mission status
Transport
From the Geneva main train station
- By train & on foot : Catch a Regio train at the Geneva main station for Coppet (departure in general at HH:01 or HH:31). From Pont-Céard (arriving in general at HH:17 or HH:47) go up the road perpendicular to the rails (see the map with walking path). You will reach Ecogia after about 10-15 minutes. From Versoix the trip is a little bit longer to walk (~25 minutes).
- By bus : Take the “V” bus at the Geneva station (Cornavin) and get out at Ecogia.
- By taxi : ~ CHF 45.-
- By car : Take the lake road direction Lausanne for 15km. In the middle of Versoix (at the lights) turn on the left direction Ecogia.
From the Geneva airport
- By train : Train every 15 min. for the main station (Geneve-Cornavin). Change there and see above.
- By taxi : ~ CHF 45.-
- By car : Take the highway direction Lausanne, get out at the first exit “Bellevue/Versoix”, follow the lake way direction Versoix (5 km). In the middle of Versoix (at the lights) turn on the left direction Ecogia.
