Gaia Early Data Release 3: The celestial reference frame (Gaia-CRF3)
Gaia Early Data Release 3: The celestial reference frame (Gaia-CRF3)
Gaia-CRF3 is the celestial reference frame for positions and proper motions in the third release of data from the Gaia mission, Gaia DR3 (and for the early third release, Gaia EDR3, which contains identical astrometric results). The reference frame is defined by the positions and proper motions at epoch 2016.0 …