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astro-ph2007★ 107 cited

The multiple quasar Q2237+0305 under a microlensing caustic

T. Anguita, R. W. Schmidt, E. L. Turner +5

We use the high magnification event seen in the 1999 OGLE campaign light curve of image C of the quadruply imaged gravitational lens Q2237+0305 to study the structure of the quasar…

astro-ph2007★ 239 cited

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Search Algorithm and Follow-up Observations

Masao Sako, B. Bassett, A. Becker +47

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey has identified a large number of new transient sources in a 300 sq. deg. region along the celestial equator during its first two se…

astro-ph2007★ 744 cited

The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through June 2005 and represents the completion…

astro-ph2007★ 479 cited

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog IV. Fifth Data Release

Donald P. Schneider, Patrick B. Hall, Gordon T. Richards +41

We present the fourth edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog contains 77,429 objects; this is an increase of over 30,000 entries since the previ…

astro-ph2007★ 62 cited

New Close Binary Systems from the SDSS-I (Data Release Five) and the Search for Magnetic White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variable Progenitor Systems

Nicole M. Silvestri, Mara P. Lemagie, Suzanne L. Hawley +13

We present the latest catalog of more than 1200 spectroscopically-selected close binary systems observed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey through Data Release Five. We use the cat…

astro-ph2007★ 3 cited

An Improved Photometric Calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data

N. Padmanabhan, D. J. Schlegel, D. P. Finkbeiner +21

We present an algorithm to photometrically calibrate wide field optical imaging surveys, that simultaneously solves for the calibration parameters and relative stellar fluxes using…