{"product_id":"9781402005961","title":"Census of the Galaxy: Challenges for Photometry and Spectrometry with GAIA: Proceedings of the Workshop held in Vilnius, Lithuania 2–6 July 2001","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCensus of the Galaxy: Challenges for Photometry and Spectrometry with GAIA: Proceedings of the Workshop held in Vilnius, Lithuania 2–6 July 2001\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eVansevicius, Vladas; Kucinskas, Arunas; Sudzius, Jokubas\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eAstrometry from space was performed for the first time and with great success by the ESA Hipparcos satellite (1989-93). This mission was designed as an as­ trometry mission, but the use of a photon counting detector made it possible to produce very important photometric results: the most accurate astronomical pho­ tometry ever by the main Hipparcos mission in a very broad band of 120000 stars, and the two-colour Tycho-2 photometry of 2.5 million stars. The cornerstone ESA mission GAIA was approved in October 2000 for launch not later than 2012. This mission will use CCDs in time-delayed integration mode instead of the photo-cathode detectors used in Hipparcos. Due to the higher quantum efficiency of the CCDs, simultaneous integration of many stars, and larger tele­ scope apertures GAIA will utilize the star light a million times more efficiently than Hipparcos, resulting in astrometry and multi-colour photometry for one billion stars. GAIA photometry is crucial for the scientific utilization of the astrometric results, and the photometric data have a high scientific content in themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2002-06-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781402005961\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-010-0361-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 194\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265714933900,"sku":"9781402005961","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781402005961.jpg?v=1770788957","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781402005961","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}