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Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release

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Stoughton, C; Lupton, RH; Bernardi, M; Blanton, MR; Burles, S; Castander, FJ; Connolly, AJ; Eisenstein, DJ; Frieman, JA; Hennessy, GS; Kent, S ...
Published in: Astron. J. (USA)
2002
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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of ≈106 galaxies, 100000 quasars, 30000 stars, and 30000 serendipity targets. In 2001 June, the SDSS released to the general astronomical community its early data release, roughly 462 deg2 of imaging data including almost 14 million detected objects and 54008 follow-up spectra. The imaging data were collected in drift-scan mode in five bandpasses (u, g, r, i, and z); the 95% completeness limits for stars are 22.0, 22.2, 22.2, 21.3, and 20.5, respectively. The photometric calibration is reproducible to 5%, 3%, 3%, 3%, and 5%, respectively. The spectra are flux- and wavelength-calibrated, with 4096 pixels from 3800 to 9200 Å at R≈1800. The authors present the means by which these data are distributed to the astronomical community, descriptions of the hardware used to obtain the data, the software used for processing the data, the measured quantities for each observed object, and an overview of the properties of this data set

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Astron. J. (USA)

DOI

10.1086/324741

Publication Date

2002

Volume

123

Issue

1

Start / End Page

485 / 548

Related Subject Headings

  • Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Stoughton, C., Lupton, R. H., Bernardi, M., Blanton, M. R., Burles, S., Castander, F. J., … Zheng, W. (2002). Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release. Astron. J. (USA), 123(1), 485–548. https://doi.org/10.1086/324741
Stoughton, C., R. H. Lupton, M. Bernardi, M. R. Blanton, S. Burles, F. J. Castander, A. J. Connolly, et al. “Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release.” Astron. J. (USA) 123, no. 1 (2002): 485–548. https://doi.org/10.1086/324741.
Stoughton C, Lupton RH, Bernardi M, Blanton MR, Burles S, Castander FJ, et al. Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release. Astron J (USA). 2002;123(1):485–548.
Stoughton, C., et al. “Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release.” Astron. J. (USA), vol. 123, no. 1, 2002, pp. 485–548. Manual, doi:10.1086/324741.
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Published In

Astron. J. (USA)

DOI

10.1086/324741

Publication Date

2002

Volume

123

Issue

1

Start / End Page

485 / 548

Related Subject Headings

  • Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences