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astro-ph2008★ 5.4k cited

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★ 27 cited

Subaru/MOIRCS Near-Infrared Imaging in the Proto-Cluster Region at z=3.1

Yuka Katsuno Uchimoto, Ryuji Suzuki, Chihiro Tokoku +12

We present the results of deep near-infrared imaging observations of the z=3.1 proto-cluster region in the SSA22a field taken by MOIRCS mounted on the Subaru Telescope. We observed…

astro-ph2008★ 22 cited

Colors and Mass-to-Light Ratios of Bulges and Disks of Nearby Spiral Galaxies

Akira Yoshino, Takashi Ichikawa

We investigate colors and mass-to-light ratios (s) of the bulges and disks for 28 nearby spiral galaxies with various morphological types of Sab to Scd, using images in optica…

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★ 152 cited

A Catalogue of Morphologically Classified Galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: North Equatorial Region

Masataka Fukugita, Osamu Nakamura, Sadanori Okamura +10

We present a catalogue of morphologically classified bright galaxies in the north equatorial stripe (230 deg) derived from the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surve…

astro-ph2007★ 33 cited

MOIRCS Deep Survey. II. Clustering Properties of K-band Selected Galaxies in GOODS-North Region

Takashi Ichikawa, Ryuji Suzuki, Chihiro Tokoku +11

We present the first measurement of clustering properties of low mass galaxies with a stellar mass down to M_*~10^9 Msun at 1<z<4 in 24.4 arcmin^2 of the GOODS-North region with a…

astro-ph2006★ 42 cited

MOIRCS Deep Survey. I: DRG Number Counts

Masaru Kajisawa, Masahiro Konishi, Ryuji Suzuki +10

We use very deep near-infrared imaging data taken with Multi-Object InfraRed Camera and Spectrograph (MOIRCS) on the Subaru Telescope to investigate the number counts of Distant Re…

astro-ph2004★ 752 cited

The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

K. Abazajian et al.

This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through June 2003, includes imaging data in five bands ov…

astro-ph2004★ 1.2k cited

The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

K. Abazajian et al.

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has validated and made publicly available its Second Data Release. This data release consists of 3324 square degrees of five-band (u g r i z) imaging d…

astro-ph2003★ 972 cited

The First Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

The SDSS collaboration, Kevork Abazajian

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 square degrees of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,2…

astro-ph2001★ 13 cited

Hubble Constant at Intermediate Redshift using the CO-Line Tully-Fisher Relation

Y. Tutui, Y. Sofue, M. Honma +2

We have determined distances and Hubble ratios for galaxies at intermediate redshifts, cz=about 10,000 to 35,000 km/s, by applying the CO-line Tully-Fisher relation to our 12CO (J=…

astro-ph2001★ 1.6k cited

Color Separation of Galaxy Types in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data

Iskra Strateva, Zeljko Ivezic, Gillian R. Knapp +2

We study the optical colors of 147,920 galaxies brighter than g* = 21, observed in five bands by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) over ~100 sq. deg. of high Galactic latitude sk…

astro-ph2001★ 337 cited

Statistical Properties of Bright Galaxies in the SDSS Photometric System

K. Shimasaku, M. Fukugita, M. Doi +5

We investigate the photometric properties of 456 bright galaxies using imaging data recorded during the commissioning phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Morphological cl…

astro-ph2001★ 103 cited

High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data VI. Sloan Digital Sky Survey Spectrograph Observations

Scott F. Anderson, Xiaohui Fan, Gordon T. Richards +4

We present results on over 100 high-redshift quasars found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), using automated selection algorithms applied to SDSS imaging data and with spectr…

astro-ph2001★ 10 cited

Surface Photometric Calibration of the Infrared Tully-Fisher Relation Using Cepheid-based Distances of Galaxies

Masaru Watanabe, Naoki Yasuda, Nobunari Itoh

Infrared J and H surface photometry are carried out for nearby 12 galaxies whose distances have been accurately measured via HST Cepheid observations. Using the total, isophotal, a…

astro-ph2000★ 51 cited

High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data V. Hobby-Eberly Telescope Observations

Donald P. Schneider, Xiaohui Fan, Michael A. Strauss +5

We report the discovery of 27 quasars with redshifts between 3.58 and 4.49. The objects were identified as high-redshift candidates based on their colors in Sloan Digital Sky Surve…

astro-ph2000★ 660 cited

The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in SDSS Commissioning Data

SDSS Collaboration, M. R. Blanton

During commissioning observations, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has produced one of the largest existing galaxy redshift samples selected from CCD images. Using 11,275 galax…

astro-ph2000★ 402 cited

High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data IV: Luminosity Function from the Fall Equatorial Stripe Sampl

X. Fan, M. A. Strauss, D. P. Schneider +7

This is the fourth paper in a series aimed at finding high-redshift quasars from five-color imaging data taken along the Celestial Equator by the SDSS. during its commissioning pha…

astro-ph2000★ 126 cited

High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data III: A Color Selected Sample at i^*<20 in the Fall Equatorial Stripe

X. Fan, M. A. Strauss, G. T. Richards +7

This is the third paper in a series aimed at finding high-redshift quasars from five-color (u'g'r'i'z') imaging data taken along the Celestial Equator by the SDSS during its commis…

astro-ph2000★ 8 cited

CO Observations of Luminous IR Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift

Y. Tutui, Y. Sofue, M. Honma +2

We present new measurement of CO() emission from 16 luminous infrared galaxies (LIGs) at intermediate redshift (). These new…

astro-ph2000★ 10.4k cited

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

D. G. York

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) will provide the data to support detailed investigations of the distribution of luminous and non- luminous matter in the Universe: a photometric…

astro-ph2000★ 286 cited

The Discovery of a Luminous z=5.80 Quasar from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

X. Fan, R. L. White, M. Davis +8

We present observations of SDSSp J104433.04--012502.2, a luminous quasar at z=5.80 discovered from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) multicolor imaging data. This object was selected…

astro-ph2000★ 6 cited

Infrared Imaging of the Gravitational Lens PG 1115+080 with the Subaru Telescope

F. Iwamuro, K. Motohara, T. Maihara +8

We present high spatial resolution images of the gravitational-lens system PG 1115+080 taken with the near-infrared camera (CISCO) on the Subaru telescope. The FWHM of the combined…

astro-ph1999★ 62 cited

High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data II: The Spring Equatorial Stripe

SDSS Collaboration, Xiaohui Fan

This is the second paper in a series aimed at finding high-redshift quasars from five-color (u'g'r'i'z') imaging data taken along the Celestial Equator by the Sloan Digital Sky Sur…