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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-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-ph2006★ 339 cited

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Monitor Telescope Pipeline

D. L. Tucker, S. Kent, M. W. Richmond +31

The photometric calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is a multi-step process which involves data from three different telescopes: the 1.0-m telescope at the US Naval…

astro-ph2006★ 424 cited

A Catalog of Spectroscopically Confirmed White Dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4

Daniel J. Eisenstein, James Liebert, Hugh C. Harris +13

We present a catalog of 9316 spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4. We have selected the stars through photometric cuts and spec…

astro-ph2006★ 877 cited

The SDSS Quasar Survey: Quasar Luminosity Function from Data Release Three

Gordon T. Richards, Michael A. Strauss, Xiaohui Fan +19

We determine the number counts and z=0-5 luminosity function for a well-defined, homogeneous sample of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We conservatively define th…

astro-ph2006★ 111 cited

Andromeda X, A New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31: Photometry

Daniel B. Zucker, Alexei Y. Kniazev, David Martinez-Delgado +17

We report the discovery of Andromeda X, a new dwarf spheroidal satellite of M31, based on stellar photometry from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Using follow-up imaging data…