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    • Gaia Source Catalogue DR2

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

    The Gaia DR2 Source Catalogue contains positions and brightnesses for 1.693 billion stars, including distances and proper motions for more than 1.3 billion stars. For more details, see the Gaia documentation, particularly the Source Catalogue columns description.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
    Publisher NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
    Maintainer
    Identifier ivo://irsa.ipac/gaia/gaiadr2
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Astrophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 779a147b-389f-49e6-ae23-92f1bc05c7b9
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL ivo://irsa.ipac/gaia/gaiadr2
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash d8ea96a01e2b9a4c8009d4fd3eff95ce3ffa2fa5bb06225341e3757712bd082b
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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