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Quasar-Lyman Forest Cross-Correlation from BOSS DR11 : Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
Andreu Font-Ribera, David Kirkby, Nicolas Busca +40
We measure the large-scale cross-correlation of quasars with the Lyman alpha forest absorption, using over 164,000 quasars from Data Release 11 of the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation S…
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary
Joshua A. Frieman, B. Bassett, A. Becker +98
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) has embarked on a multi-year project to identify and measure light curves for intermediate-redshift (0.05 < z < 0.35) Type Ia supernovae (…
A MaxBCG Catalog of 13,823 Galaxy Clusters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
B. P. Koester, T. A. McKay, J. Annis +23
We present a catalog of galaxy clusters selected using the maxBCG redsequence method from Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric data. This catalog includes 13,823 clusters with velo…
Discovery of an Unusual Dwarf Galaxy in the Outskirts of the Milky Way
M. J. Irwin, V. Belokurov, N. W. Evans +24
In this Letter, we announce the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, Leo T, in the Local Group. It was found as a stellar overdensity in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 (SD…
Cats and Dogs, Hair and A Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions
V. Belokurov, D. B. Zucker, N. W. Evans +31
We present five new satellites of the Milky Way discovered in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) imaging data, four of which were followed-up with either the Subaru or the Isaac Newto…
The 2.5 m Telescope of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
James E. Gunn, Walter A. Siegmund, Edward J. Mannery et al
We describe the design, construction, and performance of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope located at Apache Point Observatory. The telescope is a modified two-corrector Ritch…