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astro-ph2006

Candidate Milky Way Satellites in the Galactic Halo

C. Liu, J. Hu, H. Newberg +1

Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR5 photometric data with , are searched for new Milky Way companions or substructures in…

astro-ph2006★ 7 cited

Transformation from SDSS Photometric System to Johnson-Morgan-Cousins System in HK Survey

Chongshan Zhao, Heidi Jo Newberg

We calculate the transformation from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometric system to the Johnson-Morgan-Cousins System in the HK Survey. This research was done in late 20…

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★ 66 cited

Detection of a population gradient in the Sagittarius Stream

M. Bellazzini, H. J. Newberg, M. Correnti +2

We present a quantitative comparison between the Horizontal Branch morphology in the core of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr) and in a wide field sampling a portion of…

astro-ph2006★ 342 cited

A Curious New Milky Way Satellite in Ursa Major

D. B. Zucker, V. Belokurov, N. W. Evans +29

In this Letter, we study a localized stellar overdensity in the constellation of Ursa Major, first identified in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data and subsequently followed up w…

astro-ph2006★ 290 cited

An Orphan in the "Field of Streams"

V. Belokurov, N. W. Evans, M. J. Irwin +19

We use Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 photometry and spectroscopy to study a tidal stream that extends over 50 degrees in the North Galactic Cap. From the analysis of the…