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SDSS J124602.54+011318.8: A Highly Luminous Optical Transient at z=0.385
D. E. Vanden Berk, B. C. Lee, B. C. Wilhite +13
We report the discovery of a highly luminous optical transient (OT), SDSS J124602.54+011318.8, associated with a galaxy at a redshift of 0.385. In this paper we consider the possib…
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog I. Early Data Release
Donald P. Schneider, Gordon T. Richards, Xiaohui Fan +9
We present the first edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog consists of the 3814 objects (3000 discovered by the SDSS) in the initial SDSS publi…
Detecting Clusters of Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I : Monte Carlo Comparison of Cluster Detection Algorithms
Rita S. J. Kim, Jeremy V. Kepner, Marc Postman +15
We present a comparison of three cluster finding algorithms from imaging data using Monte Carlo simulations of clusters embedded in a 25 deg^2 region of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (S…
Panchromatic Mining for Quasars: An NVO Keystone Science Application
Robert J. Brunner
A data Tsunami is overwhelming Astronomy. This wave is affecting all aspects of our field, revolutionizing not just the type of scientific questions being asked, but the very natur…
Exploration of Parameter Spaces in a Virtual Observatory
S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, R. Brunner +5
Like every other field of intellectual endeavor, astronomy is being revolutionised by the advances in information technology. There is an ongoing exponential growth in the volume,…
Color Separation of Galaxy Types in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data
Iskra Strateva, Zeljko Ivezic, Gillian R. Knapp +2
We study the optical colors of 147,920 galaxies brighter than g* = 21, observed in five bands by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) over ~100 sq. deg. of high Galactic latitude sk…
Extreme BAL Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Patrick B. Hall, J. E. Gunn, G. R. Knapp +16
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has discovered a population of broad absorption line quasars with various extreme properties. Many show absorption from metastable states of FeII with…
Massive Datasets in Astronomy
Robert J. Brunner, S. George Djorgovski, Thomas A. Prince +1
Astronomy has a long history of acquiring, systematizing, and interpreting large quantities of data. Starting from the earliest sky atlases through the first major photographic sky…
Photometric Redshifts of Quasars
Gordon T. Richards, Michael A. Weinstein, Donald P. Schneider +3
We demonstrate that the design of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) filter system and the quality of the SDSS imaging data are sufficient for determining accurate and precise pho…
Photometric redshifts from reconstructed QSO templates
Tamas Budavari, Istvan Csabai, Alexander S. Szalay +2
From SDSS commissioning photometric and spectroscopic data, we investigate the utility of photometric redshift techniques to the task of estimating QSO redshifts. We consider empir…
Galaxy Number Counts from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data
Naoki Yasuda, Masataka Fukugita, Vijay K. Narayanan +10
We present bright galaxy number counts in five broad bands () from imaging data taken during the commissioning phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The…
Weak Lensing Measurements of 42 SDSS/RASS Galaxy Clusters
Erin Scott Sheldon, James Annis, Hans Bohringer +21
We present a lensing study of 42 galaxy clusters imaged in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning data. Cluster candidates are selected optically from SDSS imaging data and…
Broad Absorption Line Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with VLA-FIRST Radio Detections
Kristen Menou, Daniel E. Vanden Berk, Zeljko Ivezic +12
We present 13 Broad Absorption Line (BAL) quasars, including 12 new objects, which were identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and matched within 2'' to sources in the F…