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The BAM laser interferometer measures the angle of each of Gaia’s two telescopes and is crucial for accurately measuring the 3-dimensional position of stars in our Milky Way. The measured angular sensitivity is 10 micro-Arc seconds while a stability of 0.5µas was expected, which required additional software for data correction. Photo: TNO/Fred Kamphues.
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