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astro-ph2007★ 53 cited

The pulsation modes of the pre-white dwarf PG 1159-035

J. E. S. Costa, S. O. Kepler, D. E. Winget +74

PG 1159-035, a pre-white dwarf with T_eff=140,000 K, is the prototype of both two classes: the PG1159 spectroscopic class and the DOV pulsating class. Previous studies of PG 1159-0…

astro-ph2007★ 239 cited

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Search Algorithm and Follow-up Observations

Masao Sako, B. Bassett, A. Becker +47

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey has identified a large number of new transient sources in a 300 sq. deg. region along the celestial equator during its first two se…

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★ 479 cited

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog IV. Fifth Data Release

Donald P. Schneider, Patrick B. Hall, Gordon T. Richards +41

We present the fourth edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog contains 77,429 objects; this is an increase of over 30,000 entries since the previ…

astro-ph2007★ 3 cited

An Improved Photometric Calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data

N. Padmanabhan, D. J. Schlegel, D. P. Finkbeiner +21

We present an algorithm to photometrically calibrate wide field optical imaging surveys, that simultaneously solves for the calibration parameters and relative stellar fluxes using…

astro-ph2007★ 582 cited

A MaxBCG Catalog of 13,823 Galaxy Clusters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

B. P. Koester, T. A. McKay, J. Annis +23

We present a catalog of galaxy clusters selected using the maxBCG redsequence method from Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric data. This catalog includes 13,823 clusters with velo…