Gaia14abz: the second Gaia supernova
The Asiago Transient Classification Program reported the spectroscopic classification of Supernova Gaia14abz as Type-Ia SN.
October 2014 news
SPRAT confirms: Gaia14aat is a dwarf nova
A group of astronomers working at the Liverpool John Moores University used the SPRAT spectrograph installed on the Liverpool Telescope to confirm that one of the Gaia alerts (listed on Gaia Photometric Science Alerts: Validation Phase page), Gaia14aat, is a dwarf nova.
ATel #6593: Gaia Alerts classified at the William Herschel Telescope
Authors of ATel #6593 released today (19 Oct 2014; 14:48 UT) report spectroscopic confirmation and classifications for Gaia Photometric Science Alerts published on this website.
The first batch of Gaia photometric alerts released
We have just released our first batch of alerts. You can find more information, and the candidates on Gaia Photometric Science Alerts: Validation Phase page.
Radial Velocity Spectrometer data processing - first results
ESA publishes the first results provided by the spectroscopic processing of Gaia-RVS data at CNES-DPCC.