Speaker
Steven Gough-Kelly
(Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Lancashire)
Description
Mira variables have been shown to follow period-age relations and are useful in studying the evolution of the Milky Way. Gaia is a unique facility in its capabilities and contributions to broad areas of Milky Way science. I will present our work on characterising long-period variables in the Gaia archive, the challenges of heteroscedastic observations and how the Gaia UK Data Mining Platform has facilitated a deeper understanding of these sources.
