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most citedThe Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

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astro-ph2008★ 132 cited

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: The spectroscopic QSO catalogue

Scott M. Croom, Gordon T. Richards, Tom Shanks +27

We present the final spectroscopic QSO catalogue from the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) Survey. This is a deep, 18<g<21.85 (extinction corrected), sample aimed at probing in detail…

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★ 328 cited

SDSS Standard Star Catalog for Stripe 82: the Dawn of Industrial 1% Optical Photometry

Zeljko Ivezic, J. Allyn Smith, Gajus Miknaitis +2

We describe a standard star catalog constructed using multiple SDSS photometric observations (at least four per band, with a median of ten) in the system. The catalog inclu…

astro-ph2007★ 2 cited

A Comparison of SDSS Standard Star Catalog for Stripe 82 with Stetson's Photometric Standards

Z. Ivezic, J. A. Smith, G. Miknaitis +21

We compare Stetson's photometric standards with measurements listed in a standard star catalog constructed using repeated SDSS imaging observations. The SDSS catalog includes over…

astro-ph2005★ 1.1k cited

The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

J. K. Adelman-McCarthy et al.

This paper describes the fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through June 2004. The data release includes five-band…

astro-ph2005★ 213 cited

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: The z<2.1 Quasar Luminosity Function from 5645 Quasars to g=21.85

G. T. Richards, S. M. Croom, S. F. Anderson +25

We have used the 2dF instrument on the AAT to obtain redshifts of a sample of z<3, 18.0<g<21.85 quasars selected from SDSS imaging. These data are part of a larger joint programme:…