Dear Becky,

Can you please try working with Gaia DR2 data in this region again? In our latest release of ESASky we have a new strategy, and in large fields like the one you sent, ESASky shows the mission coverage and users are able to apply filters directly on the coverage. For example, the rho Oph field, about 6.6 x 4 degrees, has almost 2.5 million Gaia sources. If I do a rough filter on the pmra and pmdec (-7.5 to -3.5 and -23.7 to -19.7), this brings back less than 2000 sources, which are displayed in the sky and details given in the data panel. The performance/speed should also be better with this release.

Please let us know if this works well for you.

Kind regards,

Debbie on behalf of the ESASky team

Dear Stefanie,

Many thanks for reporting this bug to us. We've just fixed the issue now and you should see the correct name in ESASky when you reload the tool. In our next release we will add the full designation in the name column, with 'GaiaDR2' at the beginning of the name. 

Kind regards,

Deborah on behalf of the ESASky team

Dear Ming Yang,

In the latest release of ESASky it is now possible to switch the equatorial coordinates formats from sexagesimal to decimal. Click on the coordinates in the top left of ESASky and you will see the format changing in the data panel when you have loaded up some data. 

This feature is also shown in our video on the latest updates in ESASky (minute 2:17):

Many thanks for all your really useful suggestions!

Kind regards,

Debbie

on behalf of the ESASky team 

Dear Andy,

Greetings! This issue has been fixed for some time now and we should have let you know before now, apologies. 

Also, as of this latest release, the coordinate formats can now be changed back and forth from sexagesimal to decimal by clicking in the coordinates in the top left of ESASky.

Kind regards,

Debbie

on behalf of the ESASky team