Andrew A. West

The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project (BDKP). II. Details on Nine Wide Common Proper Motion Very Low-Mass Companions to Nearby Stars (2009)

Faherty, Jacqueline K., Burgasser, Adam J., West, Andrew A., Bochanski, John J., Cruz, Kelle L., Shara, Michael M., ...

We report on nine wide common proper motion systems containing late-type M, L, or T companions. We confirm six previously reported companions, and identify three new systems. The ages of these...

HI Selected Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Optical Data (2009)

West, Andrew A., Garcia-Appadoo, Diego A., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Disney, Mike J., Rockosi, Constance M., Ivezic, Zeljko, ...

We present the optical data for 195 HI-selected galaxies that fall within both the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Parkes Equatorial Survey (ES). The photometric quantities have been...

HI Selected Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II: The Colors of Gas-Rich Galaxies (2009)

West, Andrew A., Garcia-Appadoo, Diego A., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Disney, Mike J., Rockosi, Constance R., Ivezic, Zeljko

We utilize color information for an HI-selected sample of 195 galaxies to explore the star formation histories and physical conditions that produce the observed colors. We show that the HI selection...

MASE: A New Data--Reduction Pipeline for the Magellan Echellette Spectrograph (2009)

Bochanski, John J., Hennawi, Joseph F., Simcoe, Robert A., Prochaska, J. Xavier, West, Andrew A., Burgasser, Adam J., ...

We introduce a data reduction package written in Interactive Data Language (IDL) for the Magellan Echellete Spectrograph (MAGE). MAGE is a medium-resolution (R ~4100), cross-dispersed, optical...

A Sample of Candidate Radio Stars in FIRST and SDSS (2009)

Kimball, Amy E., Knapp, Gillian R., Ivezic, Zeljko, West, Andrew A., Bochanski, John J., Plotkin, Richard M., ...

We conduct a search for radio stars by combining radio and optical data from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty cm survey (FIRST) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The faint limit of...

Modeling The GRB Host Galaxy Mass Distribution: Are GRBs Unbiased Tracers of Star Formation? (2009)

Kocevski, Daniel, West, Andrew A., Modjaz, Maryam

We model the mass distribution of long gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies given recent results suggesting that GRBs occur in low metallicity environments. By utilizing measurements of the redshift...

Training the Next Generation of Astronomers (2009)

Williams, Peter K. G., Huff, Eric, Maness, Holly, Modjaz, Maryam, Shapiro, Kristen L., Silverman, Jeffrey M., ...

While both society and astronomy have evolved greatly over the past fifty years, the academic institutions and incentives that shape our field have remained largely stagnant. As a result, the...

The HD 40307 Planetary System: Super-Earths or Mini-Neptunes? (2009)

Barnes, Rory, Jackson, Brian, Raymond, Sean N., West, Andrew A., Greenberg, Richard

Three planets with minimum masses less than 10 Earth masses orbit the star HD 40307, suggesting these planets may be rocky. However, with only radial velocity data, it is impossible to determine if...

A First Look at Rotation in Inactive Late-Type M Dwarfs (2008)

West, Andrew A., Basri, Gibor

We have examined the relationship between rotation and activity in 14 late-type (M6-M7) M dwarfs, using high resolution spectra taken at the W.M. Keck Observatory and flux-calibrated spectra from the...

Chi Values for Blue Emission Lines in M Dwarfs (2008)

West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L.

We compute chi values for blue emission lines in active M dwarfs. Using flux-calibrated spectra from nearby M dwarfs and spectral M dwarf templates from SDSS, we derive analytic relations that...

Using Magnetic Activity and Galactic Dynamics to Constrain the Ages of M Dwarfs (2008)

West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Bochanski, John J., Covey, Kevin R., Burgasser, Adam J.

We present a study of the dynamics and magnetic activity of M dwarfs using the largest spectroscopic sample of low-mass stars ever assembled. The age at which strong surface magnetic activity (as...

The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey VII: A Neutral Hydrogen Cloud Complex in the Virgo Cluster (2008)

Kent, Brian R., Spekkens, Kristine, Giovanelli, Riccardo, Haynes, Martha P., Momjian, Emmanuel, Cortes, Juan R., ...

We present observations of an HI cloud complex most likely located in the Virgo galaxy cluster, first reported by Kent et al. (2007). The complex consists of five clouds, detected in the data set of...

Our Nearest 15 Million Neighbors: The Field Low-Mass Stellar Luminosity and Mass Functions (2008)

Bochanski, John J., Hawley, Suzanne L., Reid, I. Neill, Covey, Kevin R., West, Andrew A., Golimowski, David A., ...

We report on a new measurement of the luminosity function (LF) and mass function (MF) of field low-mass dwarfs using Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry. The final catalog is composed of ~15...

Rotation and Activity in Late-type M Dwarfs (2008)

West, Andrew A., Basri, Gibor

We have examined the relationship between rotation and activity in 14 late-type (M6-M7) M dwarfs, using high resolution spectra taken at the Keck Observatory and flux-calibrated spectra from the...

Correlations among the properties of galaxies found in a blind HI survey, which also have SDSS optical data (2008)

Garcia-Appadoo, Diego A., West, Andrew A., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Cortese, Luca, Disney, Michael J.

We have used the Parkes Multibeam system and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to assemble a sample of 195 galaxies selected originally from their HI signature to avoid biases against unevolved or...

The Luminosity and Mass Functions of Low-Mass Stars in the Galactic Disk: I. The Calibration Region (2008)

Covey, Kevin R., Hawley, Suzanne L., Bochanski, John J., West, Andrew A., Reid, I. Neill, Golimowski, David A., ...

We present measurements of the luminosity and mass functions of low-mass stars constructed from a catalog of matched Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and 2 Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) detections....

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Allende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

Evolution of the bar fraction in COSMOS: quantifying the assembly of the Hubble sequence (2008)

Sheth, Kartik, Elmegreen, Debra Meloy, Elmegreen, Bruce G., Capak, Peter, Abraham, Roberto G., Athanassoula, E., ...

We have analyzed the redshift-dependent fraction of galactic bars over 0.2 < z < 0.84 in 2157 luminous face-on spiral galaxies from the COSMOS 2 deg^2 field. Our sample is an order of magnitude...

The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey XV. The Formation Efficiencies of Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies: The Effects of Mass and Environment (2008)

Peng, Eric W., Jordan, Andres, Cote, Patrick, Takamiya, Marianne, West, Michael J., Blakeslee, John P., ...

The fraction of stellar mass contained in globular clusters (GCs), also measured by number as the specific frequency, is a fundamental quantity that reflects both a galaxy's early star formation and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

Constraining the Age-Activity Relation for Cool Stars: The SDSS DR5 Low-Mass Star Spectroscopic Sample (2007)

West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Bochanski, John J., Covey, Kevin R., Reid, I. Neill, Dhital, Saurav, ...

We present a spectroscopic analysis of over 38,000 low-mass stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5). Analysis of this unprecedentedly large sample confirms the previously...

The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. II. The Central Brightness Profiles of Early-Type Galaxies: A Characteristic Radius on Nuclear Scales and the Transition from Central Luminosity Deficit to Excess (2007)

Cote, Patrick, Ferrarese, Laura, Jordan, Andres, Blakeslee, John P., Chen, Chin-Wei, Infante, Leopoldo, ...

We analyse HST surface brightness profiles for 143 early-type galaxies in the Virgo and Fornax Clusters. Sersic models provide accurate descriptions of the global profiles with a notable exception:...

Improved Photometric Calibrations for Red Stars Observed with the SDSS Photometric Telescope (2007)

Davenport, James R. A., Bochanski, John J., Covey, Kevin R., Hawley, Suzanne L., West, Andrew A., Schneider, Donald P.

We present a new set of photometric transformations for red stars observed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) 0.5-m Photometric Telescope (PT) and the SDSS 2.5-m telescope at the Apache Point...

Stellar SEDs from 0.3-2.5 Microns: Tracing the Stellar Locus and Searching for Color Outliers in SDSS and 2MASS (2007)

Covey, Kevin R., Ivezic, Zeljko, Schlegel, David J., Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Lupton, Robert H., ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) are rich resources for studying stellar astrophysics and the structure and formation history of the Galaxy. As new surveys...

Exploring the Local Milky Way: M Dwarfs as Tracers of Galactic Populations (2007)

Bochanski, John J., Munn, Jeffrey A., Hawley, Suzanne L., West, Andrew A., Covey, Kevin R., Schneider, Donald P.

We have assembled a spectroscopic sample of low-mass dwarfs observed as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey along one Galactic sightline, designed to investigate the observable properties of the...

Testing cold dark matter with the low mass Tully-Fisher relation (2007)

Blanton, Michael R., Geha, Marla, West, Andrew A.

The galaxy circular velocity function at small masses is related to the matter power spectrum on small scales. Although this function is well-studied for Local Group dwarfs, theoretical predictions...

New Close Binary Systems from the SDSS-I (Data Release Five) and the Search for Magnetic White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variable Progenitor Systems (2007)

Silvestri, Nicole M., Lemagie, Mara P., Hawley, Suzanne L., West, Andrew A., Schmidt, Gary D., Liebert, James, ...

We present the latest catalog of more than 1200 spectroscopically-selected close binary systems observed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey through Data Release Five. We use the catalog to search for...

Characterizing Three Candidate Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables From SDSS: XMM-Newton and Optical Follow-Up Observations (2007)

Homer, Lee, Szkody, Paula, Henden, Arne, Chen, Bing, Schmidt, Gary D., Fraser, Oliver J., ...

In the latest in our series of papers on XMM-Newton and ground-based optical follow-up of new candidate magnetic cataclysmic variables (mCVs) found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we report...

The fifth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...

The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...

The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...

The fifth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fifth Data Release (DR5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). DR5 includes all survey quality data taken through 2005 June and represents the completion of the SDSS-I...

Sloan/Johnson-Cousins/2MASS Color Transformations for Cool-Stars (2006)

Davenport, James R. A., West, Andrew A., Matthiesen, Caleb K., Schmieding, Michael, Kobelski, Adam

We present multi-color transformations and photometric parallaxes for a sample of 40 low mass dwarfs selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the General Catalog of Trigonometric Stellar...

Low-Mass Dwarf Template Spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Bochanski, John J., West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Covey, Kevin R.

We present template spectra of low-mass (M0-L0) dwarfs derived from over 4,000 Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectra. These composite spectra are suitable for use as medium-resolution (R ~ 1,800)...

Characterizing Three Candidate Magnetic CVs from SDSS: XMM-Newton and Optical Follow-up Observations (2006)

Homer, Lee, Szkody, Paula, Henden, Arne, Chen, Bing, Schmidt, Gary D., Fraser, Oliver J., ...

In the latest in our series of papers on XMM-Newton and ground-based optical follow-up of new candidate magnetic cataclysmic variables (mCVs) found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we report...

Using the Galactic Dynamics of M7 Dwarfs to Infer the Evolution of Their Magnetic Activity (2006)

West, Andrew A., Bochanski, John J., Hawley, Suzanne L., Cruz, Kelle L., Covey, Kevin R., Silvestri, Nicole M., ...

We present a spectroscopic study and dynamical analysis of ~2600 M7 dwarfs. We confirm our previous finding that the fraction of magnetically active stars decreases with vertical distance from the...

Luminosity Dependence in the Fundamental Plane Projections of Elliptical Galaxies (2006)

Desroches, Louis-Benoit, Quataert, Eliot, Ma, Chung-Pei, West, Andrew A.

We analyze the fundamental plane projections of elliptical galaxies as a function of luminosity, using a sample of approximately 80,000 galaxies drawn from Data Release 4 (DR4) of the Sloan Digital...

The detection of M-dwarf UV flare events in the GALEX data archives (2006)

Welsh, Barry Y., Wheatley, Jonathan M., Seibert, Mark, Browne, Stanley E., West, Andrew A., Siegmund, Oswald H. W., ...

We present the preliminary results from implementing a new software tool that enables inspection of time-tagged photon data for the astronomical sources contained within individual GALEX ultraviolet...

Willman 1 - A Galactic Satellite at 40 kpc With Multiple Stellar Tails (2006)

Willman, Beth, Masjedi, Morad, Hogg, David W., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Martinez-Delgado, David, Blanton, Michael, ...

SDSSJ1049+5103, commonly known as Willman 1, is an extremely low-luminosity Milky Way companion whose properties are intermediate between those of globular clusters and dwarf spheroidals. In this...

The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...

The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...

The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data...

Photometric Accretion Signatures Near the Substellar Boundary (2005)

McGehee, Peregrine M., West, Andrew A., Smith, J. Allyn, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Brinkmann, J.

Multi-epoch imaging of the Orion equatorial region by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey has revealed that significant variability in the blue continuum persists into the late-M spectral types, indicating...

The UV, Optical, and IR Properties of SDSS Sources Detected by GALEX (2005)

Agueros, Marcel A., Ivezic, Zeljko, Covey, Kevin R., Obric, Mirela, Hao, Lei, Walkowicz, Lucianne M., ...

We discuss the UV, optical, and IR properties of the SDSS sources detected by GALEX as part of its All-sky Imaging Survey Early Release Observations. Virtually all of the GALEX sources in the overlap...

Updated Colors for Cool Stars in the SDSS (2005)

West, Andrew A., Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Hawley, Suzanne L.

We present updated colors for M and L dwarfs based on photometry from the third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). These data are improved in quality and number from earlier...

A New Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy in Ursa Major (2005)

Willman, Beth, Dalcanton, Julianne J., Martinez-Delgado, David, West, Andrew A., Blanton, Michael R., Hogg, David W., ...

In this Letter, we report the discovery of a new dwarf satellite to the Milky Way, located at ($\alpha_{2000}, \delta_{2000}$) $=$ (158.72,51.92) in the constellation of Ursa Major. This object was...

The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...

The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...

The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...

The \chi Factor: Determining the Strength of Activity in Low Mass Dwarfs (2004)

Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Hawley, Suzanne L., West, Andrew A.

We describe a new, distance-independent method for calculating the magnetic activity strength in low mass dwarfs, L_{H\alpha}/L_{bol}. Using a well-observed sample of nearby stars and cool standards...

A New Milky Way Companion: Unusual Globular Cluster or Extreme Dwarf Satellite? (2004)

Willman, Beth, Blanton, Michael R., West, Andrew A., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Hogg, David W., Schneider, Donald P., ...

We report the discovery of SDSSJ1049+5103, an overdensity of resolved blue stars at (\alpha_{2000}, \delta_{2000}) = (162.343, 51.051). This object appears to be an old, metal-poor stellar system at...

Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars in the SDSS: An Analysis of Magnetic Activity and a Search for Subdwarfs (2004)

West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Covey, Kevin R., Silvestri, Nicole M., Raymond, Sean N., ...

We present a spectroscopic analysis of nearly 8000 late-type dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Using the Halpha emission line as an activity indicator, we investigate the fraction of active...

A Strategy for Finding Near Earth Objects with the SDSS Telescope (2004)

Raymond, Sean N., Fraser, Oliver J., Garg, Arti, Hawley, Suzanne L., Jedicke, Robert, Miknaitis, Gajus, ...

We present a detailed observational strategy for finding Near Earth Objects (NEOs) with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) telescope. We investigate strategies in normal, unbinned mode as well as...

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging of Low Galactic Latitude Fields: Technical Summary and Data Release (2004)

Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Carr, Michael A., Gunn, James E., Rockosi, Constance M., ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) mosaic camera and telescope have obtained five-band optical-wavelength imaging near the Galactic plane outside of the nominal survey boundaries. These additional...

The second data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its Second Data Release. This data release consists of 3324 deg(2) of five-band (ugriz) imaging data with photometry for...

The second data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2004)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its Second Data Release. This data release consists of 3324 deg(2) of five-band (ugriz) imaging data with photometry for...

A First Look at White Dwarf - M Dwarf Pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) (2003)

Raymond, Sean N., Szkody, Paula, Hawley, Suzanne L., Anderson, Scott F., Brinkman, J., Covey, Kevin R., ...

We have identified 109 White Dwarf (WD) - M dwarf pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) with g < 20th magnitude. For each system we determined the temperature of the WD primary and the...

The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...

The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...

Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: An Analysis of Magnetic Activity and a Search for Subdwarfs (1998)

West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Covey, Kevin R., Silvestri, Nicole M.

We present a spectroscopic analysis of nearly 8000 late-type dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Using the Halpha emission line as an activity indicator, we investigate the fraction of active...