MW-GAIA will provide European leadership in understanding the Galaxy, its stars and planets, enhance the potential of the community in its scientific exploitation of the observations of more than a billion stars with the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite, and enhance the development of the next steps in astrometry and space astrometry missions.
The Action brings together key stakeholders from across Europe, to leverage expertise, and develop new techniques to fully maximise the scientific returns from Gaia's rich and complex data.
Five key challenges are addressed: The Milky Way as a Galaxy, The Life and Death of Stars; Planetary Systems Near and Far; Gaia Fundamentals: Space and Time; and Astrometry Innovation Challenge – towards sub-μas astrometry. COST enables the vital Action activities, supporting exchanges, training and meetings.
The Action will have a significant legacy, creating a dynamic and vibrant network of researchers with expertise in the study of the Milky Way, its constituents and the art of Astrometry. Participation is inclusive, with researchers accessing the Network from across Europe, irrespective of their gender or location.
This COST Action commenced 14 Mar 2019 and completed 13 Sep 2023.
The WG2 workshop will be in-person/ hybrid in Sofia, BG, and will be held June 6 - 8, 2023
NEW: Deadline for abstracts: 8 May 2023
NEW: Deadline for on-site participation registration: 8 May 2023
Full details are available on the meeting webpage
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Gaia: The (TWO) Billion Star Galaxy Census: The Magic of Gaia DR3 will take place in Krakow, PL, hosted at the EAS 2023 meeting 2022, 10-11 Jul 2023
Registration - see https://eas.unige.ch/EAS_meeting/registration.jsp.
The programme of work for the next and final grant period until 13 Sep 2023 of MW-Gaia has now been published. Please see the list of workshops and schools. Also the calls for STSMs and ITC conference grants.
The WG4-WG2 workshop will be in-person in Coimbra, PT, and will be held Oct 13 - 14, 2022
Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2022
Deadline for on-site participation registration: 9 September 2022
The WG1-WG4 workshop will be in-person in Athens, EL and online, and will be held Sept 27 - 29, 2022
Deadline for abstracts: 20 August 2022
Deadline for on-site participation registration: 2 September 2022
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