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most citedThe Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

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19 papers

astro-ph.IM2019★ 323 cited

The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) Spectrographs

J. C. Wilson, F. R. Hearty, M. F. Skrutskie +86

We describe the design and performance of the near-infrared (1.51--1.70 micron), fiber-fed, multi-object (300 fibers), high resolution (R = lambda/delta lambda ~ 22,500) spectrogra…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 681 cited

The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Bela Abolfathi, D. S. Aguado, Gabriela Aguilar +344

The fourth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV) has been in operation since July 2014. This paper describes the second data release from this phase, and the fourtee…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 1.8k cited

The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)

Steven R. Majewski, Ricardo P. Schiavon, Peter M. Frinchaboy +75

The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), one of the programs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), has now completed its systematic, homogeneo…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 6 cited

The SDSS-IV in 2014: A Demographic Snapshot

Britt Lundgren, Karen Kinemuchi, Gail Zasowski +8

Many astronomers now participate in large international collaborations, and it is important to examine whether these structures foster a scientific climate that is inclusive and di…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 2.5k cited

The Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

Shadab Alam, Franco D. Albareti, Carlos Allende Prieto +271

The third generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) took data from 2008 to 2014 using the original SDSS wide-field imager, the original and an upgraded multi-object fib…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 1k cited

The Tenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Christopher P. Ahn, Rachael Alexandroff, Carlos Allende Prieto +232

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has been in operation since 2000 April. This paper presents the tenth public data release (DR10) from its current incarnation, SDSS-III. This da…