B Where can I find easy-to-understand GAIA exoplanet data?

[Cerenkov]

Hello.


I've been following the progress of the GAIA satellite since its launch, especially with an eye on what it has to tell us about exoplanets.

From the linked article below I learned that the data about 3556 exoplanets and 2573 of their host stars have been compiled into a catalogue.

https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2025/07/aa54739-25.pdf

Below are links to the catalogue in question.

https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/699/A100
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-3?-source=J/A+A/699/A100/table1

For an enthusiastic amateur like myself, the information displayed in these links is both "an embarrassment of riches" and "an enigma wrapped up in a mystery". I'm delighted that it exists, but the form in which it's presented makes it nearly impossible for me to understand it. I can glean some understanding from the infographics and graphs in the .pdf paper, but not much.

So, here's where I reach out for help and ideas from the members of this forum.

Does anyone know of any other sources where the GAIA exoplanet data is displayed in a more popular-level and user-friendly format? For the sake of clarity, at this stage I don't wish to go in and investigate the details of any particular GAIA exoplanet but would be much happier gaining a kind of overview of the discoveries. If that were possible.

My thanks in advance for any help given.


Cerenkov.

 

[Bandersnatch]

IIRC the team did release an interactive 3d visualiser for the data, called Gaia Sky. I don't think I've ever got it to run past checking out the setup. so I can't tell how good of a fit it might be. It will probably require some learning investment to use, as it's not exactly plug-and-play. Start with the wiki page, then maybe some YouTube tutorials - if only to see if it'll do.

 

[Cerenkov]

Thank you very much Bandersnatch.


I'll check out both options - GAIA Sky itself and the YouTube tutorials.


Thanks again,


Cerenkov.

 

[phyzguy]

Maybe this link will help?

 

[Cerenkov]

Maybe this link will help?

Great minds think alike, phyzguy!


It was that ESA article that reminded me to check in on GAIA's data release 3 to see what kind of exoplanet data was there. Then I found the stuff I linked to in my opening post, prompting me to start this thread and ask for help.

So, with your input, things have come full circle.


Thank you,


Cerenkov.