First Release of Gaia-ESO Spectroscopic Public Survey Data

Published: 18 Nov 2013

Data products resulting from the first release of the Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey are now available via the dedicated Phase 3 query interface at the ESO Science Archive Facility.

This data release consists of wavelength calibrated 1-dimensional spectra of point-like sources in tabular format following the established standard for ESO science data products, and obtained with FLAMES from 31.12.2011 to 30.06.2012 under ESO program ID 188.B-3002. The total number of data files submitted in this release is 5654 comprising spectra of 3834 unique targets. The total data volume of this data release is 1.3 GB.

The Gaia-ESO public survey data release is accompanied by a comprehensive description. Instructions on how to read or display data in the ESO/SDP tabular data format can be found in the 1D spectrum data format help page.