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The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

K. Abazajian

This paper describes the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), marking the completion of the original goals of the SDSS and the end of the phase known as SDS…

astro-ph2008★ 14 cited

The dependence of HII region properties on global and local surface brightness within galaxy discs

J. F. Helmboldt, R. A. M. Walterbos, G. D. Bothun +2

Using B, R, and H-alpha images of roughly equal-sized samples of low surface brightness (LSB) and high surface brightness (HSB) galaxies (~40 galaxies apiece), we have explored the…

astro-ph2008★ 37 cited

New Observations and a Possible Detection of Parameter Variations in the Transits of Gliese 436b

Jeffrey L. Coughlin, Guy S. Stringfellow, Andrew C. Becker +3

We present ground-based observations of the transiting Neptune-mass planet Gl 436b obtained with the 3.5-meter telescope at Apache Point Observatory and other supporting telescopes…

astro-ph2008★ 74 cited

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury I. The Star Formation History of the M81 Outer Disk

Benjamin F. Williams, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Anil C. Seth +16

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury (ANGST) is a large Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) treasury program to obtain resolved stellar photometry for a…

astro-ph2008★ 53 cited

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury II. Young Stars and their Relation to Halpha and UV Emission Timescales in the M81 Outer Disk

Stephanie M. Gogarten, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Benjamin F. Williams +11

We have obtained resolved stellar photometry from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) observations of a field in the outer disk of M81 as part of the ACS…

astro-ph2008★ 292 cited

A Dynamical Classification of the Cosmic Web

J. E. Forero-Romero, Y. Hoffman, S. Gottloeber +2

A dynamical classification of the cosmic web is proposed. The large scale environment is classified into four web types: voids, sheets, filaments and knots. The classification is b…