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astro-ph2008736 cited

The Milky Way's Circular Velocity Curve to 60 kpc and an Estimate of the Dark Matter Halo Mass from Kinematics of ~2400 SDSS Blue Horizontal Branch Stars

X. -X. Xue, H. -W. Rix, G. Zhao +14

We derive new constraints on the mass of the Milky Way's dark matter halo, based on a set of halo stars from SDSS as kinematic tracers. Our sample comprises 2401 rigorously selecte…

astro-ph2007

Identification of RR Lyrae Variables in SDSS from Single-Epoch Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations

Ronald Wilhelm, W. Lee Powell, Timothy C. Beers +9

We describe a new RR Lyrae identification technique based on out-of-phase single-epoch photometric and spectroscopic observations contained in SDSS Data Release 6 (DR-6). This tech…

astro-ph2007316 cited

The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline. II. Validation with Galactic Globular and Open Clusters

Y. S. Lee, T. C. Beers, T. Sivarani +13

We validate the performance and accuracy of the current SEGUE (Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration) Stellar Parameter Pipeline (SSPP), which determines stell…

astro-ph2007124 cited

The Overdensity in Virgo, Sagittarius Debris, and the Asymmetric Spheroid

Heidi Jo Newberg, Brian Yanny, Nate Cole +4

We investigate the relationship between several previously identified Galactic halo stellar structures in the direction of Virgo using imaging and spectroscopic observations of F t…

astro-ph2007479 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

Exploring the Variable Sky with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Branimir Sesar, Zeljko Ivezic, Robert H. Lupton +29

We quantify the variability of faint unresolved optical sources using a catalog based on multiple SDSS imaging observations. The catalog covers SDSS Stripe 82, and contains 58 mill…