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The short history of Astrometry

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Popularisation of Science
Developed by
Josep Manel Carrasco, ICCUB-IEEC
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ES
Duration
5:16
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Youtube

Summary of the historical stellar catalogues. From the Almagest of Hiparco to the catalogue of millions and millions of stars of the Gaia mission.

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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