Comment by qwertox
3 days ago
You may want to know: the high-res images which are offered for downloading contain the same image which is shown on the page, that is, the infographic.
Not worth the download, as I thought that it would contain a huge panorama of the sky.
For real data you can use Gaia ESA archive: https://gea.esac.esa.int/archive/
I went to study MSc in Space Science and Technology as a hobby few years ago. In one course (2022) we had an assignment to find Supernovae from recent Gaia data (Python code). Then made sure this is observable by University’s robotic telescope (and compliant with local weather forecast). Next requested the observation from the telescope and if successful, received the pictures next day. Had to analyse the results as well. It surprised me how much data there actually is available in quite open format from ESA missions.
Controlling remote telescope few thousand kilometres away was also a nice experience.
Which university if you don't mind me asking? I'm interested in doing something similar as a hobby.
The Open University in UK (living in Estonia myself): https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/qualifications/f77
The course was S818.
The downlinked data is claimed to be 142TB compressed. I suspect that the huge panorama might be a little big for your computer.