The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline. I. Description and Initial Validation Tests (2007)
Lee, Y. S., Beers, T. C., Sivarani, T., Prieto, C. Allende, Koesterke, L., Wilhelm, R., ...
We describe the development and implementation of the SEGUE (Sloan Extension for Galactic Exploration and Understanding) Stellar Parameter Pipeline (SSPP). The SSPP derives, using multiple...
The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline. II. Validation with Galactic Globular and Open Clusters (2007)
Lee, Y. S., Beers, T. C., Sivarani, T., Johnson, J. A., An, D., Wilhelm, R., ...
We validate the performance and accuracy of the current SEGUE (Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration) Stellar Parameter Pipeline (SSPP), which determines stellar atmospheric...
Prieto, C. Allende, Sivarani, T., Beers, T. C., Lee, Y. S., Koesterke, L., Shetrone, M., ...
We report high-resolution spectroscopy of 125 field stars previously observed as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and its program for Galactic studies, the Sloan Extension for Galactic...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Survey: Technical Summary (2007)
Frieman, Joshua A., Bassett, B., Becker, A., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., DeJongh, F., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) has embarked on a multi-year project to identify and measure light curves for intermediate-redshift (0.05 < z < 0.35) Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using...
The Hercules-Aquila Cloud (2007)
Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Bell, E. F., Irwin, M. J., Hewett, P. C., Koposov, S., ...
We present evidence for a substantial overdensity of stars in the direction of the constellations of Hercules and Aquila. The Cloud is centered at a Galactic longitude of about 40 degrees and extends...
Cats and dogs, hair and a hero: a quintet of New Milky Way companions (2007)
Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Kleyna, J. T., Koposov, S., Hodgkin, S. T., ...
We present five new satellites of the Milky Way discovered in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) imaging data, four of which were followed up with either the Subaru or the Isaac Newton Telescopes. They...
The Hercules-Aquila cloud (2007)
Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Bell, E. F., Irwin, M. J., Hewett, P. C., Koposov, S., ...
We present evidence for a substantial overdensity of stars in the direction of the constellations of Hercules and Aquila. The cloud is centered at a Galactic longitude of l~40deg and extends above...
Cats and Dogs, Hair and A Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions (2006)
Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Kleyna, J. T., Koposov, S., Hodgkin, S. T., ...
We present five new satellites of the Milky Way discovered in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) imaging data, four of which were followed-up with either the Subaru or the Isaac Newton Telescopes. They...
Obric, M., Ivezic, Z., Best, P. N., Lupton, R. H., Tremonti, C., Brinchmann, J., ...
We discuss the panchromatic properties of 99,088 galaxies selected from the SDSS Data Release 1 spectroscopic sample (a flux-limited sample for 1360 deg^2). These galaxies are positionally matched to...
The Field of Streams: Sagittarius and its Siblings (2006)
Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Gilmore, G., Vidrih, S., Bramich, D. M., ...
We use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) u,g,r,i,z photometry to study Milky Way halo substructure in the area around the North Galactic Cap. A simple color cut (g-r < 0.4) reveals...
A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici (2006)
Zucker, D. B., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Wilkinson, M. I., Irwin, M. J., Sivarani, T., ...
In this Letter, we announce the discovery of a new dwarf satellite of the Milky Way, located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was found as a stellar overdensity in the North Galactic Cap using...
A Faint New Milky Way Satellite in Bootes (2006)
Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Wilkinson, M. I., Irwin, M. J., Hodgkin, S., ...
In this Letter, we announce the discovery of a new satellite of the Milky Way in the constellation of Bootes at a distance of 60 kpc. It was found in a systematic search for stellar overdensities in...
A new Milky Way dwarf satellite in Canes Venatici (2006)
Zucker, D. B., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Wilkinson, M. I., Irwin, M. J., Sivarani, T., ...
In this Letter, we announce the discovery of a new dwarf satellite of the Milky Way, located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was found as a stellar overdensity in the north Galactic cap using...
Obric, M., Ivezic, Z., Best, P. N., Lupton, R. H., Tremonti, C., Brinchmann, J., ...
We discuss the panchromatic properties of 99088 galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 1 `main' spectroscopic sample (a flux-limited sample for 1360deg2). These...
A faint new Milky Way satellite in Bootes (2006)
Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Wilkinson, M. I., Irwin, M. J., Hodgkin, S., ...
We announce the discovery of a new satellite of the Milky Way in the constellation of Bootes at a distance of ~60 kpc. It was found in a systematic search for stellar overdensities in the north...
The field of streams: Sagittarius and its siblings (2006)
Belokurov, V., Zucker, D. B., Evans, N. W., Gilmore, G., Vidrih, S., Bramich, D. M., ...
We use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) u, g, r, i, z photometry to study Milky Way halo substructure in the area around the north Galactic cap. A simple color cut (g-r
SDSSJ103913.70+533029.7: A Super Star Cluster in the Outskirts of a Galaxy Merger (2005)
Knapp, G. R., Tremonti, C. A., Rockosi, C. M.
We describe the serendipitous discovery in the spectroscopic data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey of a star-like object, SDSSJ103913.70+533029.7, at a heliocentric radial velocity of +1012 km/s. Its...
Prieto, C. Allende, Beers, T. C., Wilhelm, R., Newberg, H. J., Rockosi, C. M., Yanny, B., ...
(Abridged) We perform an analysis of spectra and photometry for 22,770 stars included in the third data release (DR3) of the SDSS. We measure radial velocities and, based on a model-atmosphere...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog III. Third Data Release (2005)
Schneider, D. P., Hall, P. B., Richards, G. T., Berk, D. E. Vanden, Anderson, S. F., Fan, X., ...
We present the third edition of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Catalog. The catalog consists of the 46,420 objects in the SDSS Third Data Release that have luminosities larger than M_i =...
SDSS Data Management and Photometric Quality Assessment (2004)
Ivezic, Z., Lupton, R. H., Schlegel, D., Boroski, B., Adelman-McCarthy, J., Yanny, B., ...
We summarize the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data acquisition and processing steps, and describe runQA, a pipeline designed for automated data quality assessment. In particular, we show how the position...
Reaching to the Edge of the Milky Way Halo with SDSS (2003)
Ivezic, Z., Lupton, R. H., Schlegel, D., Smolcic, V., Johnston, D., Gunn, J. E., ...
We discuss a sample of over 3000 candidate RR Lyrae stars selected by various methods using Sloan Digital Sky Survey data for about 1000 deg^2 of sky. These stars probe the halo structure out to ~100...
Variability Studies with SDSS (2003)
Ivezic, Z., Lupton, R. H., Anderson, S., Eyer, L., Juric, M., Knapp, G. R., ...
The potential of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey for wide-field variability studies is illustrated using multi-epoch observations for 3,000,000 point sources observed in 700 deg2 of sky, with time spans...
Selection of metal-poor giant stars using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric system (2003)
Helmi, A., Ivezic, Z., Prada, F., Pentericci, L., Rockosi, C.M., Schneider, D.P., ...
A low-latitude halo stream around the Milky Way (2003)
Yanny, B., Newberg, H.J., Grebel, E.K., Kent, S., Odenkirchen, M., Rockosi, C.M., ...
The extended tidal tails of Palomar 5: Tracers of the galactic potential (2003)
Odenkirchen, M., Grebel, E. K., Dehnen, W., Newberg, H. J., Rockosi, C. M., ...
Palomar 5 and its tidal tails: New observational results (2003)
Odenkirchen, M., Grebel, E. K., Dehnen, W., Rix, H. W., Rockosi, C. M., Newberg, H., ...
Color Confirmation of Asteroid Families (2002)
Ivezic, Z., Lupton, R. H., Juric, M., Tabachnik, S., Quinn, T., Gunn, J. E., ...
We discuss optical colors of 10,592 asteroids with known orbits selected from a sample of 58,000 moving objects observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This is more than ten times larger...
Galaxy clustering in early Sloan Digital Sky Survey redshift data (2002)
Zehavi, I., Blanton, M. R., Frieman, J. A., Weinberg, D. H., Mo, H. J., Strauss, M. A., ...
We present the first measurements of clustering in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) galaxy redshift survey. Our sample consists of 29,300 galaxies with redshifts 5700 km s(-1) less than or equal...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release (2002)
Stoughton, C., Lupton, R. H., Bernardi, M., Blanton, M. R., Burles, S., Castander, F. 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 10 6 galaxies, 100,000...
The Extended Tails of Palomar 5: A Ten Degree Arc of Globular Cluster Tidal Debris (2002)
Odenkirchen, M., Grebel, E. K., Dehnen, W., Rix, H. W., Rockosi, C. M., Newberg, H., ...
Odenkirchen, M., Grebel, E. K., Rockosi, C. M., Dehnen, W., Ibata, R., ...
We report the discovery of two well-defined tidal tails emerging from the sparse remote globular cluster Palomar 5. These tails stretch out symmetrically to both sides of the cluster in the direction...