Star Formation Histories with Gaia: The Galaxy and Beyond

Abstract

ESA’s Gaia mission will provide accurate astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic data for millions of stars in the Galaxy and beyond. We discuss the prospects of using this vast amount of astrophysical information for understanding star formation histories in the Galaxy and its immediate neighbors within the Local Group.

Keywords

• stars
• fundamental parameters
• galaxy
• populations galaxies
• local group
• gaia orbiting observatory