Mapping the stellar structure of the Milky Way (2009)
Yanny, Brian, Rix, Hans-Walter, Dolphin, Andrew E., Martin, Nicolas F., Beers, Timothy C.
We map the stellar structure of the Galaxy by applying color-magnitude diagram (CMD) fitting to photometric data from the SEGUE survey allowing, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of Milky...
Metallicity Mapping with gri Photometry: The Virgo Overdensity and the Halos of the Galaxy (2009)
Beers, Timothy C., An, Deokkeun, Johnson, Jennifer A., Pinsonneault, Marc H., Terndrup, Donald M., Delahaye, Franck, ...
We describe the methodology required for estimation of photometric estimates of metallicity based on the SDSS gri passbands, which can be used to probe the properties of main-sequence stars beyond ~...
Carollo, Daniela, Beers, Timothy C., Chiba, Masashi, Norris, John E., Freeman, Ken C., Lee, Young Sun, ...
The structure and kinematics of the recognized stellar components of the Milky Way are explored, based on well-determined atmospheric parameters and kinematic quantities for 32360 "calibration stars"...
Schlaufman, Kevin C., Rockosi, Constance M., Beers, Timothy C., Bizyaev, Dmitry, Brewington, Howard, Lee, Young Sun, ...
We identify ten -- seven for the first time -- elements of cold halo substructure (ECHOS) in the volume within 17.5 kpc of the Sun in the inner halo of the Milky Way. Our result is based on the...
A Photometric Metallicity Estimate of the Virgo Stellar Overdensity (2009)
An, Deokkeun, Johnson, Jennifer A., Beers, Timothy C., Pinsonneault, Marc H., Terndrup, Donald M., Delahaye, Franck, ...
We determine photometric metal abundance estimates for individual main-sequence stars in the Virgo Overdensity (VOD), which covers almost 1000 deg^2 on the sky, based on a calibration of the...
Discovery of a New, Polar-Orbiting Debris Stream in the Milky Way Stellar Halo (2009)
Newberg, Heidi Jo, Yanny, Brian, Willett, Benjamin A.
We show that there is a low metallicity tidal stream that runs along l=143 deg. in the South Galactic Cap, about 34 kpc from the Sun, discovered from SEGUE stellar velocities. Since the most...
The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2009)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Allende Prieto, Carlos, An, Deokkeun, ...
This paper describes the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), marking the completion of the original goals of the SDSS and the end of the phase known as SDSS-II. It includes...
Tracing Sagittarius Structure with SDSS and SEGUE Imaging and Spectroscopy (2009)
Yanny, Brian, Newberg, Heidi Jo, Johnson, Jennifer A., Lee, Young Sun, Beers, Timothy C., Bizyaev, Dmitry, ...
We show that the Sagittarius dwarf tidal stream can be traced with very red K/M-giant stars selected from SDSS photometry. A subset of these stars are spectroscopically confirmed with SEGUE and SDSS...
A Unique Star in the Outer Halo of the Milky Way (2009)
Lai, David K., Rockosi, Constance M., Bolte, Michael, Johnson, Jennifer A., Beers, Timothy C., Lee, Young Sun, ...
As part of a program to measure abundance ratios in stars beyond 15 kpc from the Galactic center, we have discovered a metal-poor star in the outer halo with a unique chemical signature. We...
An Orbit Fit for the Grillmair Dionatos Cold Stellar Stream (2009)
Willett, Benjamin A., Newberg, Heidi Jo, Zhang, Haotong, Yanny, Brian, Beers, Timothy C.
We use velocity and metallicity information from SDSS and SEGUE stellar spectroscopy to fit an orbit to the narrow $63^\circ$ stellar stream of Grillmair and Dionatos. The stars in the stream have a...
The seventh data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2009)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Allende Prieto, Carlos, An, Deokkeun, ...
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...
The Segue Stellar Parameter Pipeline. II. Validation with galactic globular and open clusters (2008)
Lee, Young Sun, Beers, Timothy C., Sivarani, Thirupathi, Johnson, Jennifer A., An, Deokkeun, Wilhelm, Ronald, ...
We validate the accuracy and precision of the current SEGUE (Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration) Stellar Parameter Pipeline (SSPP), which determines stellar atmospheric...
The Segue Stellar Parameter Pipeline. I. Description and comparison of individual methods (2008)
Lee, Young Sun, Beers, Timothy C., Sivarani, Thirupathi, Allende Prieto, Carlos, Koesterke, Lars, Wilhelm, Ronald, ...
We describe the development and implementation of the Sloan Extension for Galactic Exploration and Understanding (SEGUE) Stellar Parameter Pipeline (SSPP). The SSPP is derived, using multiple...
The milky way tomography with SDSS. II. Stellar metallicity (2008)
Ivezic, Zeljko, Sesar, Branimir, Juric, Mario, Bond, Nicholas, Dalcanton, Julianne, Rockosi, Constance M., ...
Using effective temperature and metallicity derived from SDSS spectra for ~60,000 F- and G-type main-sequence stars (0.2
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...
Object-Oriented Modeling and Design for Sloan Digital Sky Survey Retained Data (2007)
Chih-hao Huang, Jeff Munn, Brian Yanny, Stephen Kent, Don Petravick, Ruth Pordes, ...
. The SDSS project will produce tens of terabytes of nontrivially related data with uncertain complexity in usage. The survey is being conducted by an international collaboration consisting of eight...
Xiaohui Fan, Michael Strauss, Donald P. Schneider, James E. Gunn, Robert H. Lupton, Brian Yanny, ...
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of 15 high-redshift quasars (z ? 3:6) discovered from ¸ 140 deg 2 of five-color (u 0 g 0 r 0 i 0 z 0 ) imaging data taken by the Sloan Digital...
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 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...
Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies (2006)
Tegmark, Max, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Strauss, Michael A., Weinberg, David H., Blanton, Michael R., Frieman, Joshua A., ...
We measure the large-scale real-space power spectrum P(k) using luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and use this measurement to sharpen constraints on cosmological...
Carlos Allende Prieto, Timothy C. Beers, Ronald Wilhelm, Heidi Jo Newberg, Constance M. Rockosi, Brian Yanny, ...
Accepted for publication in the ApJ We perform an analysis of spectra and photometry for 22,770 stars included in the third data release (DR3) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We measure...
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,...
Eisenstein, Daniel J., Zehavi, Idit, Hogg, David W., Scoccimarro, Roman, Blanton, Michael R., Nichol, Robert C., ...
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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 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...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott M., Castander, Francisco J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of ≈ 106 galaxies,...