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6.2 GAIA BBP vs HST WFPC2

As a first step a comparison between HST WFPC2 on-orbit performance and GAIA Astro BBP specifications as they are presently foreseen was carried out. This comparison mainly focused on the two instruments' sensitivity, angular resolution and noise level.

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Mattia Vaccari 2000-12-05