Bibcode
Gilmore, G.; Randich, S.; Asplund, M.; Binney, J.; Bonifacio, P.; Drew, J.; Feltzing, S.; Ferguson, A.; Jeffries, R.; Micela, G.; Negueruela, I.; Prusti, T.; Rix, H.-W.; Vallenari, A.; Alfaro, E.; Allende-Prieto, C.; Babusiaux, C.; Bensby, T.; Blomme, R.; Bragaglia, A.; Flaccomio, E.; François, P.; Irwin, M.; Koposov, S.; Korn, A.; Lanzafame, A.; Pancino, E.; Paunzen, E.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Sacco, G.; Smiljanic, R.; Van Eck, S.; Walton, N.
Bibliographical reference
The Messenger, vol. 147, p. 25-31
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2012
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Description
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey has begun and will obtain high
quality spectroscopy of some 100000 Milky Way stars, in the field and in
open clusters, down to magnitude 19, systematically covering all the
major components of the Milky Way. This survey will provide the first
homogeneous overview of the distributions of kinematics and chemical
element abundances in the Galaxy. The motivation, organisation and
implementation of the Gaia-ESO Survey are described, emphasising the
complementarity with the ESA Gaia mission. Spectra from the very first
observing run of the survey are presented.