The First Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

N. Abazajian, Kevork; Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer; A. Ageros, Marcel; Allam, S.; F. Anderson, Scott; Annis, James; A. Bahcall, Neta; K. Baldry, I.; Bastian, Steven; A. Berlind, Andreas; Bernardi, Mariangela; R. Blanton, Michael; Blythe, Norman; J. Bochanski, John; N. Boroski, William; Brewington, H.; W. Briggs, John; Brinkmann, J.; Brunner, Róbert; Budavri, Tams; Carey, Larry; A. Carr, Michael; J. Castander, F.; Chiu, Kuenley; J. Collinge, Matthew; J. Connolly, Andrew; R. Covey, Kevin; Csabai, István; J. Dalcanton, Julianne; Dodelson, Scott; Doi, Mamoru; Dong, Feng; J. Eisenstein, Daniel; L. Evans, Michael; Fan, Xiaohui; D. Feldman, P.; P. Finkbeiner, Douglas; D. Friedman, S.; A. Frieman, Joshua; Fukugita, M.; R. Gal, R.; Gillespie, Bruce; Glazebrook, Karl; Fernández Gonzalez, Carlos; Gray, Jim; K. Grebel, E.; R. Grodnicki, Lauren; E. Gunn, James; K. Gurbani, Vijay; B. Hall, Patrick; Hao, Lei; Harbeck, Daniel; H. Harris, Frederick; C. Harris, Hugh; Harvanek, Michael; L. Hawley, Suzanne; M. Heckman, Timothy; F. Helmboldt, J.; S. Hendry, John; S. Hennessy, G.; B. Hindsley, Robert; W. Hogg, David; Holmgren, D.; A. Holtzman, Jon; Homer, Lee; Hui, Lam; Ichikawa, Shin-ichi; Ichikawa, Takashi; Inkmann, J.; Ivezi, eljko; Jester, Sebastian; E. Johnston, David; Jordan, Beatrice; P. Jordan, Wendell; M. Jorgensen, A.; Juri, Mario; Kauffmann, Guinevere; Kent, S.; J. Kleinman, S.; R. Knapp, G.; Y. Kniazev, A.; G. Kron, Richard; Krzesiski, Jurek; Kunszt, Peter; Kuropatkin, Nickolai; Q. Lamb, Donald; Lampeitl, Hubert; E. Laubscher, Bryan; Lee, Brian; French Leger, R.; Li, Nolan; Lidz, Adam; Lin, H.; S. Loh, Y.; C. Long, Daniel; Loveday, J.; H. Lupton, Robert; Malik, Tanu; Margon, B.; McGehee, P.; A. McKay, Timothy; Meiksin, Avery; Miknaitis, G.; K. Moorthy, Bhasker; A. Munn, Jeffrey; Murphy, Tara; Nakajima, Reiko; K. Narayanan, Vijay; Nash, Thomas; H. Neilsen, Eric; Jo Newberg, Heidi; R. Newman, Peter; C. Nichol, R.; Nicinski, Tom; A. Nieto‐Santisteban, M.; Nitta, A.; Odenkirchen, M.; Okamura, Sadanori; P. Ostriker, Jeremiah; Owen, Russell; Padmanabhan, Nikhil; Peoples, J.; R. Pier, Jeffrey; Pindor, B.; Pope, Adrian; Quinn, Thomas; R. Rafikov, Roman; N. Raymond, Sean; T. Richards, Gordon; Richmond, M.; Rix, Hans‐Walter; M. Rockosi, Constance; Schaye, Joop; J. Schlegel, David; P. Schneider, Donald; Schroeder, Joshua; Scranton, Ryan; Sekiguchi, M.; Seljak, Uro; Sergey, G.; Sesar, Branimir; Sheldon, Erin; Shimasaku, K.; A. Siegmund, Walter; M. Silvestri, Nicole; J. Sinisgalli, Allan; Sirko, Edwin; A. Smith, J.; Smoli, Vernesa; A. Snedden, Stephanie; Stebbins, Albert; L. Steinhardt, Charles; S. Stinson, Gregory; Stoughton, Chris; Strateva, Iskra; A. Strauss, Michael; SubbaRao, Mark; S. Szalay, Alexander; Szapudi, Istvn; Szkody, Paula; Tasca, Lidia; Tegmark, Max; R. Thakar, Aniruddha; Tremonti, Christy; L. Tucker, D.; Uomoto, Alan; E. vanden Berk, D.; Vandenberg, Jan; S. Vogeley, Michael; Voges, W.; P. Vogt, Nicole; M. Walkowicz, Lucianne; H. Weinberg, David; A. West, Andrew; D. M. White, Simon; C. Wilhite, Brian; Willman, Beth; Xu, Yongzhong; Yanny, B.; Yarger, Jean; Yasuda, Naoki; W. Yip, C.; R. Yocum, D.; G. York, Donald; L. Zakamska, Nadia; Zehavi, Idit; Zheng, Wei; Zibetti, S.; B. Zucker, D.

doi:10.1086/378165

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The First Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Published in The Astronomical Journal • Oct 1, 2003

Authors:

Kevork N. Abazajian

Jennifer Adelman-McCarthy

Marcel A. Ageros

Abstract

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg² of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of galaxies, quasars, stars and calibrating blank sky patches selected over 1360 deg² of this area, and tables o...

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Quasar

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