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Context. We present the third data release of the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, Gaia DR3. This release includes a large variety of new
data products, notably a much expanded radial velocity survey and a very extensive astrophysical characterisation of Gaia sources.
Aims. We outline the content and the properties of Gaia DR3, providing an overview of the main improvements in the data processing in compar-
ison with previous data releases (where applicable) and a brief discussion of the limitations of the data in this release.
Methods. The Gaia DR3 catalogue is the outcome of the processing of raw data collected with the Gaia instruments during the first 34 months of
the mission by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium.
Results. The Gaia DR3 catalogue contains the same source list, celestial positions, proper motions, parallaxes, and broad band photometry in the
G, GBP, and GRP pass-bands already present in the Early Third Data Release, Gaia EDR3. Gaia DR3 introduces an impressive wealth of new data
products. More than 33 million objects in the ranges GRVS < 14 and 3100 < Teff < 14500, have new determinations of their mean radial velocities
based on data collected by Gaia. We provide GRVS magnitudes for most sources with radial velocities, and a line broadening parameter is listed for
a subset of these. Mean Gaia spectra are made available to the community. The Gaia DR3 catalogue includes about 1 million mean spectra from the
radial velocity spectrometer, and about 220 million low-resolution blue and red prism photometer BP/RP mean spectra. The results of the analysis
of epoch photometry are provided for some 10 million sources across 24 variability types. Gaia DR3 includes astrophysical parameters and source
class probabilities for about 470 million and 1500 million sources, respectively, including stars, galaxies, and quasars. Orbital elements and trend
parameters are provided for some 800 000 astrometric, spectroscopic and eclipsing binaries. More than 150 000 Solar System objects, including
new discoveries, with preliminary orbital solutions and individual epoch observations are part of this release. Reflectance spectra derived from
the epoch BP/RP spectral data are published for about 60 000 asteroids. Finally, an additional data set is provided, namely the Gaia Andromeda
Photometric Survey, consisting of the photometric time series for all sources located in a 5.5 degree radius field centred on the Andromeda galaxy.
Conclusions. This data release represents a major advance with respect to Gaia DR2 and Gaia EDR3 because of the unprecedented quantity,
quality, and variety of source astrophysical data. To date this is the largest collection of all-sky spectrophotometry, radial velocities, variables, and
astrophysical parameters derived from both low- and high-resolution spectra and includes a spectrophotometric and dynamical survey of SSOs
of the highest accuracy. The non-single star content surpasses the existing data by orders of magnitude. The quasar host and galaxy light profile
collection is the first such survey that is all sky and space based. The astrophysical information provided in Gaia DR3 will unleash the full potential
of Gaia’s exquisite astrometric, photometric, and radial velocity surveys.
data products, notably a much expanded radial velocity survey and a very extensive astrophysical characterisation of Gaia sources.
Aims. We outline the content and the properties of Gaia DR3, providing an overview of the main improvements in the data processing in compar-
ison with previous data releases (where applicable) and a brief discussion of the limitations of the data in this release.
Methods. The Gaia DR3 catalogue is the outcome of the processing of raw data collected with the Gaia instruments during the first 34 months of
the mission by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium.
Results. The Gaia DR3 catalogue contains the same source list, celestial positions, proper motions, parallaxes, and broad band photometry in the
G, GBP, and GRP pass-bands already present in the Early Third Data Release, Gaia EDR3. Gaia DR3 introduces an impressive wealth of new data
products. More than 33 million objects in the ranges GRVS < 14 and 3100 < Teff < 14500, have new determinations of their mean radial velocities
based on data collected by Gaia. We provide GRVS magnitudes for most sources with radial velocities, and a line broadening parameter is listed for
a subset of these. Mean Gaia spectra are made available to the community. The Gaia DR3 catalogue includes about 1 million mean spectra from the
radial velocity spectrometer, and about 220 million low-resolution blue and red prism photometer BP/RP mean spectra. The results of the analysis
of epoch photometry are provided for some 10 million sources across 24 variability types. Gaia DR3 includes astrophysical parameters and source
class probabilities for about 470 million and 1500 million sources, respectively, including stars, galaxies, and quasars. Orbital elements and trend
parameters are provided for some 800 000 astrometric, spectroscopic and eclipsing binaries. More than 150 000 Solar System objects, including
new discoveries, with preliminary orbital solutions and individual epoch observations are part of this release. Reflectance spectra derived from
the epoch BP/RP spectral data are published for about 60 000 asteroids. Finally, an additional data set is provided, namely the Gaia Andromeda
Photometric Survey, consisting of the photometric time series for all sources located in a 5.5 degree radius field centred on the Andromeda galaxy.
Conclusions. This data release represents a major advance with respect to Gaia DR2 and Gaia EDR3 because of the unprecedented quantity,
quality, and variety of source astrophysical data. To date this is the largest collection of all-sky spectrophotometry, radial velocities, variables, and
astrophysical parameters derived from both low- and high-resolution spectra and includes a spectrophotometric and dynamical survey of SSOs
of the highest accuracy. The non-single star content surpasses the existing data by orders of magnitude. The quasar host and galaxy light profile
collection is the first such survey that is all sky and space based. The astrophysical information provided in Gaia DR3 will unleash the full potential
of Gaia’s exquisite astrometric, photometric, and radial velocity surveys.
Original language | English |
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Article number | A1 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-22 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Volume | 674 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 16 Jun 2023 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Astrometry
- Catalogs
- Parallaxes
- Techniques: photometric
- Techniques: radial velocities
- Techniques: spectroscopic
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