Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Last year, ESA's Gaia mission helped astronomers make unique observations of Neptune's large moon Triton as it passed in front of a distant star. This is a preview of the superb quality and versatility of the Gaia data that will be released in April.
For more about this story see http://sci.esa.int/gaia/60011-chasing-a-stellar-flash-with-assistance-from-gaia
More information about this video can be found at http://sci.esa.int/gaia/60012-chasing-a-stellar-flash/
Credit: ESA
Last year, ESA's Gaia mission helped astronomers make unique observations of Neptune's large moon Triton as it passed in front of a distant star. This is a preview of the superb quality and versatility of the Gaia data that will be released in April.
For more about this story see http://sci.esa.int/gaia/60011-chasing-a-stellar-flash-with-assistance-from-gaia
More information about this video can be found at http://sci.esa.int/gaia/60012-chasing-a-stellar-flash/
Credit: ESA
