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We are surrounded by space technology, although we do not know it

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Josep Manel Carrasco, ICCUB-IEEC
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Josep Manel Carrasco explains that the spacial research has a positive impact on industry and science. These and much more can you find in his book "Cosmos, Una immersió ràpida".

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Josep Manel Carrasco is a researcher of the Gaia group at the ICCUB, where he works with the photometric and spectrometric calibration of the mission's data, evaluating the state of the satellite and creating the data catalog in the CU9 coordination unit. Creator of the Miralcel dissemination project, he is a regular collaborator of the La República Santboiana program on Radio Sant Boi. He recently published the book "Cosmos: A Quick Immersion" in Tibidabo Ediciones.

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Art and Astronomy: Interviewing Josep Manel Carrasco
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The ICCUB researcher talks about "Art and Astronomy" on the radio program La República Santboiana of Ràdio Sant Boi. 

 

The astronomer Josep Manel Carrasco talks about the representation of astronomy in art, especifically in paintings, throughout history in the radio program "La República Santboiana" of Ràdio Sant Boi.

 

First calibrated XP spectra
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Agència Espacial Europea (ESA)
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Gaia has proven to be a powerful tool providing very precise astrometry and photometry in the first releases of the mission (see Gaia DR2 and Gaia DR1). The third release and beyond (find here the current release scenario planning) will include some calibrated spectrophotometric data.