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most citedThe Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

10.4k citations · 25.1k across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 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.IM2010

Affordable Digital Planetariums with WorldWide Telescope

Philip Rosenfield, Andrew Connolly, Jonathan Fay +3

Digital planetariums can provide a broader range of educational experiences than the more classical planetariums that use star-balls. This is because of their ability to project im…

astro-ph.GA2009★ 1.2k cited

SEGUE: A Spectroscopic Survey of 240,000 stars with g=14-20

II SEGUE Collaboration, Brian Yanny, Constance Rockosi +2

The SEGUE survey obtained 240,000 moderate resolution (R = 1800) spectra from 3900 - 9000 Angstroms of fainter Milky Way stars (14.0 < g < 20.3) of a wide variety of spectral types…

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★ 113 cited

APOLLO: the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation: Instrument Description and First Detections

T. W. Murphy, E. G. Adelberger, J. B. R. Battat +10

A next-generation lunar laser ranging apparatus using the 3.5 m telescope at the Apache Point Observatory in southern New Mexico has begun science operation. APOLLO (the Apache Poi…

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…