| Space astrometry at Lund Observatory
During more than two decades, researchers at Lund Observatory have participated
in the ESA space astrometry mission
Hipparcos,
first in the planning and execution of the science data reductions, and
then in the utilization of the space data in stellar and galactic research.
Since 1995 we are strongly involved in the development of galactic census
project Gaia, a cornerstone
mission within the ESA science programme, targetted for launch in 2011.
The space astrometry group is led by Lennart Lindegren, who is a member of the
Gaia Science Team
(GST) appointed by the European Space Agency. Within the
Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC),
Lindegren is scientific leader of the team that has to provide
and implement the astrometric core solution, the so-called Astrometric
Global Iterative Solution (AGIS). He is also project coordinator for the
Marie-Curie Research Training Network
ELSA.
Other members of the Lund space astrometry group are listed below.
This research programme is supported since
many years by the Swedish National Space
Board (current project title: Astrophysical space research using Gaia),
and during 1998-2003 by the Swedish
Research Council (Stellar multiplicity: Origin and
evolution; Statistics and dynamics).
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