GREAT-ITN and Gaia: Preparing for Science

¹ Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
² Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
³ Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden, PB. 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
⁴ INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy
⁵ Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève, 51 Chemin des Maillettes, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
⁶ Lund Observatory, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Box 43, 22100 Lund, Sweden
⁷ Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia and IEEC-ICC-UB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
⁸ Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Mönchhofstr. 12–14, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
⁹ Astronomical Observatory, Adam Mickiewicz University, Słoneczna 36, 60–286 Poznań, Poland
¹⁰ Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
¹¹ Centro de Astrofsica, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, 4150–762 Porto, Portugal
¹² Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal
¹³ Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200030, China
¹⁴ Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux UMR 5804, BP. 89, 33270 Floirac, France

e-mail: naw@ast.cam.ac.uk

Abstract

This paper gives a brief overview of the Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training (GREAT) network, including a description of the GREAT-ESF Research Network Programme and the GREAT Initial Training Network (GREAT-ITN). Scientific highlights from the GREAT-ITN are noted.