AAVSO Webinar, with Dr. Elmé Breedt: "The Gaia Science Alerts Transient Survey"

Dr. Breedt (University of Cambridge) stars in our free upcoming webinar, geared towards anyone who has a beginning interest in astronomy, to citizen scientists. Dr. Breedt is working on the Gaia Science Alerts project. Now in its eighth year in orbit, the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite has already had a transformational impact on astronomy. Apart from its main goal of creating a 3-dimensional map of the Milky Way, Gaia is also discovering thousands of new objects through its transient survey, known as Gaia Science Alerts. Dr. Breedt will talk about what goes on behind the scenes to run a survey like this, and discuss some of the interesting transients observed so far. An audience-driven Q & A wraps up the webinar. 

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