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most citedThe Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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astro-ph.IM2025

Automated Spectroscopic Wavelength Calibration using Dynamic Time Warping

James R. A. Davenport, Francisca Chabour Barra, K. Azalee Bostroem +14

Here we present an automated method for obtaining wavelength calibrations for one-dimensional spectra, using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW). DTW is a flexible and well-understood algor…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 102 cited

Towards Space-like Photometric Precision from the Ground with Beam-Shaping Diffusers

Gudmundur Stefansson, Suvrath Mahadevan, Leslie Hebb +21

We demonstrate a path to hitherto unachievable differential photometric precisions from the ground, both in the optical and near-infrared (NIR), using custom-fabricated beam-shapin…

astro-ph.IM2017

Science-Driven Optimization of the LSST Observing Strategy

LSST Science Collaboration, Phil Marshall, Timo Anguita +102

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is designed to provide an unprecedented optical imaging dataset that will support investigations of our Solar System, Galaxy and Universe, acros…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 14 cited

Maximizing Science in the Era of LSST: A Community-Based Study of Needed US Capabilities

Joan Najita, Beth Willman, Douglas P. Finkbeiner +48

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will be a discovery machine for the astronomy and physics communities, revealing astrophysical phenomena from the Solar System to the out…

astro-ph.IM2016

Maximizing Science in the Era of LSST, Stars Study Group Report: Rotation and Magnetic Activity in the Galactic Field Population and in Open Star Clusters

Suzanne L. Hawley, Ruth Angus, Derek Buzasi +4

This is the stars chapter of the Kavli workshop report, which resulted from the community-based study of needed US OIR capabilities in the LSST era. The full report, which will inc…

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…