The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical summary

Donald G. York; J. Adelman; John E. Anderson; Scott F. Anderson; James Annis; Neta A. Bahcall; J. A. Bakken; Robert Barkhouser; Steven Bastian; Eileen Berman; William N. Boroski; Steve Bracker; Charlie Briegel; John W. Briggs; J. Brinkmann; Robert Brunner; Scott Burles; Larry Carey; Michael A. Carr; Francisco J. Castander; Bing Chen; Patrick L. Colestock; A. J. Connolly; J. H. Crocker; István Csabai; Paul C. Czarapata; John Eric Davis; Mamoru Doi; Tom Dombeck; Daniel Eisenstein; Nancy Ellman; Brian R. Elms; Michael L. Evans; Xiaohui Fan; Glenn R. Federwitz; Larry Fiscelli; Scott Friedman; Joshua A. Frieman; Masataka Fukugita; Bruce Gillespie; James E. Gunn; Vijay K. Gurbani; Ernst De Haas; Merle Haldeman; Frederick H. Harris; J. Hayes; Timothy M. Heckman; G. S. Hennessy; B. Lee; R. C. Nichol

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical summary

Donald G. York, J. Adelman, John E. Anderson, Scott F. Anderson, James Annis, Neta A. Bahcall, J. A. Bakken, Robert Barkhouser, Steven Bastian, Eileen Berman, William N. Boroski, Steve Bracker, Charlie Briegel, John W. Briggs, J. Brinkmann, Robert Brunner, Scott Burles, Larry Carey, Michael A. Carr, Francisco J. CastanderBing Chen, Patrick L. Colestock, A. J. Connolly, J. H. Crocker, István Csabai, Paul C. Czarapata, John Eric Davis, Mamoru Doi, Tom Dombeck, Daniel Eisenstein, Nancy Ellman, Brian R. Elms, Michael L. Evans, Xiaohui Fan, Glenn R. Federwitz, Larry Fiscelli, Scott Friedman, Joshua A. Frieman, Masataka Fukugita, Bruce Gillespie, James E. Gunn, Vijay K. Gurbani, Ernst De Haas, Merle Haldeman, Frederick H. Harris, J. Hayes, Timothy M. Heckman, G. S. Hennessy, B. Lee, R. C. Nichol

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) will provide the data to support detailed investigations of the distribution of luminous and nonluminous matter in the universe : a photometrically and astrometrically calibrated digital imaging survey of π sr above about Galactic latitude 30° in five broad optical bands to a depth of g′ ∼ 23 mag, and a spectroscopic survey of the approximately 10⁶ brightest galaxies and 10⁵ brightest quasars found in the photometric object catalog produced by the imaging survey. This paper summarizes the observational parameters and data products of the SDSS and serves as an introduction to extensive technical on-line documentation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1579-1587
Number of pages	9
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	120
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/301513
Publication status	Published - Sept 2000

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Cosmology: Observations
Instrumentation: Miscellaneous

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York, D. G., Adelman, J., Anderson, J. E., Anderson, S. F., Annis, J., Bahcall, N. A., Bakken, J. A., Barkhouser, R., Bastian, S., Berman, E., Boroski, W. N., Bracker, S., Briegel, C., Briggs, J. W., Brinkmann, J., Brunner, R., Burles, S., Carey, L., Carr, M. A., ... Nichol, R. C. (2000). The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical summary. Astronomical Journal, 120(3), 1579-1587. https://doi.org/10.1086/301513

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