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...
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, ...
Lessons Learned from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Operations (2008)
Kleinman, S. J., Gunn, J. E., Boroski, B., Long, D., Snedden, S., Nitta, A., ...
Astronomy is changing. Large projects, large collaborations, and large budgets are becoming the norm. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is one example of this new astronomy, and in operating the...
An Improved Photometric Calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data (2008)
Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Barentine, J.C., Blanton, Michael R., Brewington, Howard J., ...
We present an algorithm to photometrically calibrate wide field optical imaging surveys, that simultaneously solves for the calibration parameters and relative stellar fluxes using overlapping...
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...
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova (2008)
Soderberg, A. M., Berger, E., Page, K. L., Schady, P., Parrent, J., Pooley, D., ...
Massive stars end their short lives in spectacular explosions, supernovae, that synthesize new elements and drive galaxy evolution. Throughout history supernovae were discovered chiefly through their...
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova (2008)
Soderberg, A. M., Berger, E., Page, K. L., Schady, P., Parrent, J., Pooley, D., ...
The sixth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2008)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Allende Prieto, Carlos, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...
Lessons learned from Sloan Digital Sky Survey operations (2008)
Kleinman, S. J., Gunn, J. E., Boroski, B., Long, D., Snedden, S., Nitta, A., ...
Astronomy is changing. Large projects, large collaborations, and large budgets are becoming the norm. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is one example of this new astronomy, and in operating the...
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova (2008)
Soderberg, A.M., Berger, E., Page, K.L., Schady, P., Parrent, J., Pooley, D., ...
Massive stars end their short lives in spectacular explosions—supernovae—that synthesize new elements and drive galaxy evolution. Historically, supernovae were discovered mainly through their...
Distances to Galactic high-velocity clouds. Complex C (2007)
Wakker, B. P., York, D. G., Howk, J. C., Barentine, J. C., Wilhelm, R., Peletier, R. F., ...
We report the first determination of a distance bracket for the high-velocity cloud (HVC) complex C. Combined with previous measurements showing that this cloud has a metallicity of 0.15 times solar,...
Distances to Galactic high-velocity clouds. I. Cohen Stream, complex GCP, cloud g1 (2007)
Wakker, B. P., York, D. G., Wilhelm, R., Barentine, J. C., Richter, P., Beers, T. C., ...
The high- and intermediate-velocity interstellar clouds (HVCs/IVCs) are tracers of energetic processes in and around the Milky Way. Clouds with near-solar metallicity about one kpc above the disk...
A Time Delay for the Cluster-lensed Quasar SDSS J1004+4112 (2007)
Fohlmeister, J., Kochanek, C. S., Falco, E. E., Wambsganss, J., Morgan N., Morgan, Morgan, C. W., ...
We present 426 epochs of optical monitoring data spanning 1000 days from 2003 December to 2006 June for the gravitationally lensed quasar SDSS J1004+4112. The time delay between the A and B images is...
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...
An Improved Photometric Calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data (2007)
Padmanabhan, N., Schlegel, D. J., Finkbeiner, D. P., Barentine, J. C., Blanton, M. R., Brewington, H. J., ...
We present an algorithm to photometrically calibrate wide field optical imaging surveys, that simultaneously solves for the calibration parameters and relative stellar fluxes using overlapping...
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...
Discovery of an Unusual Dwarf Galaxy in the Outskirts of the Milky Way (2007)
Irwin, M. J., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Ryan-Weber, E. V., Koposov, S., ...
In this Letter, we announce the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, Leo T, in the Local Group. It was found as a stellar overdensity in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 (SDSS DR5). The...
The fifth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
Andromeda X, a new dwarf spheroidal satellite of M31: photometry (2007)
Zucker, Daniel B., Kniazev, Alexei Y., Martínez-Delgado, David, Bell, Eric F., Rix, Hans-Walter, Grebel, Eva K., ...
We report the discovery of Andromeda X, a new dwarf spheroidal satellite of M31, based on stellar photometry from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Using follow-up imaging data we have estimated its...
Discovery of an unusual dwarf galaxy in the outskirts of the Milky Way (2007)
Irwin, M. J., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Ryan-Weber, E. V., Koposov, S., ...
We announce the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, Leo T, in the Local Group. It was found as a stellar overdensity in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 (SDSS DR5). The color-magnitude...
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...
An Orphan in the ``Field of Streams'' (2007)
Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Irwin, M. J., Lynden-Bell, D., Yanny, B., Vidrih, S., ...
We use Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 photometry and spectroscopy to study a tidal stream that extends over ~50° in the north Galactic cap. From the analysis of the path of the stream and...
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...
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2007)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, 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...
Discovery of an unusual dwarf galaxy in the outskirts of the Milky Way (2007)
Irwin, M. J., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Ryan-Weber, E. V., Koposov, S., ...
We announce the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, Leo T, in the Local Group. It was found as a stellar overdensity in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 (SDSS DR5). The color-magnitude...
Discovery of an unusual dwarf galaxy in the outskirts of the Milky Way (2007)
Irwin, M. J., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Ryan-Weber, E. V., Koposov, S., ...
We announce the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, Leo T, in the Local Group. It was found as a stellar overdensity in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 (SDSS DR5). The color-magnitude...
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...
A Time Delay for the Largest Gravitationally Lensed Quasar: SDSS J1004+4112 (2006)
Fohlmeister, J., Kochanek, C. S., Falco, E. E., Wambsganss, J., Morgan, N., Morgan, C. W., ...
We present 426 epochs of optical monitoring data spanning 1000 days from December 2003 to June 2006 for the gravitationally lensed quasar SDSS J1004+4112. The time delay between the A and B images is...
Eisenstein, Daniel J., Liebert, James, Harris, Hugh C., Kleinmann, S. J., Nitta, Atsuko, Silvestri, Nicole, ...
We present a catalog of 9316 spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4. We have selected the stars through photometric cuts and spectroscopic modeling,...
Hot DB White Dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)
Eisenstein, Daniel J., Liebert, James, Koester, Detlev, Kleinmann, S. J., Nitta, Atsuko, Smith, Paul S., ...
We present ugriz photometry and optical spectroscopy for 28 DB and DO white dwarfs with temperatures between 28,000K and 45,000K. About 10 of these are particularly well-observed; the remainder are...
A Curious New Milky Way Satellite in Ursa Major (2006)
Zucker, D. B., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Kleyna, J. T., Irwin, M. J., Wilkinson, M. I., ...
In this Letter, we study a localized stellar overdensity in the constellation of Ursa Major, first identified in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data and subsequently followed up with Subaru imaging....
An Orphan in the "Field of Streams" (2006)
Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Irwin, M. J., Lynden-Bell, D., Yanny, B., Vidrih, S., ...
We use Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 photometry and spectroscopy to study a tidal stream that extends over 50 degrees in the North Galactic Cap. From the analysis of the path of the stream...
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...
Andromeda X, A New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31: Photometry (2006)
Zucker, Daniel B., Kniazev, Alexei Y., Martinez-Delgado, David, Bell, Eric F., Rix, Hans-Walter, Grebel, Eva K., ...
We report the discovery of Andromeda X, a new dwarf spheroidal satellite of M31, based on stellar photometry from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Using follow-up imaging data we have estimated...
The fourth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The fourth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The fourth data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
Cataclysmic variables from sloan digital sky survey - V. The fifth year (2004) (2006)
Szkody, Paula, Henden, Arne, Agüeros, Marcel, Anderson, Scott F., Bochanski, John J., Knapp, Gillian R., ...
Fan, Xiaohui, Strauss, Michael A., Richards, Gordon T., Hennawi, Joseph F., Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., ...
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 curious Milky Way satellite in Ursa Major (2006)
Zucker, D. B., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Kleyna, J. T., Irwin, M. J., Wilkinson, M. I., ...
In this Letter, we study a localized stellar overdensity in the constellation of Ursa Major, first identified in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data and subsequently followed up with Subaru imaging....
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar survey: Quasar luminosity function from data release 3 (2006)
Richards, Gordon T., Strauss, Michael A., Fan, Xiaohui, Hall, Patrick B., Jester, Sebastian, Schneider, Donald P., ...
We determine the number counts and z=0-5 luminosity function for a well-defined, homogeneous sample of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We conservatively define the most uniform...
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 Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, 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...
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., Gregg, Michael D., Schechter, Paul L., ...
We report the discoveries of two, two-image gravitationally lensed quasars selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: SDSS J0806+2006 at z_s=1.540 and SDSS J1353+1138 at z_s=1.629 with image...
Fan, Xiaohui, Strauss, Michael A., Richards, Gordon T., Hennawi, Joseph F., Becker, Robert H., White, Richard L., ...
We present the discovery of seven quasars at z>5.7, selected from ~2000 deg^2 of multicolor imaging data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The new quasars have redshifts z from 5.79 to 6.13....
The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS: I. Stellar Number Density Distribution (2005)
Juric, Mario, Ivezic, Zeljko, Brooks, Alyson, Lupton, Robert H., Schlegel, David, Finkbeiner, Douglas, ...
Abridged: We estimate the distances to ~48 million stars detected by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and map their 3D number density distribution in 100 < D < 20 kpc range over 6,500 deg^2 of sky. The...
SDSSJ102111.02+491330.4: A Newly Discovered Gravitationally Lensed Quasar (2005)
Pindor, Bart, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Gregg, Michael D., Becker, Robert H., Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, ...
We report follow-up observations of two gravitational lens candidates identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) dataset. We have confirmed that SDSS J102111.02+491330.4 is a previously...
Candidate spectroscopic binaries in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Pourbaix, D., Knapp, G. R., Szkody, P., Ivezic, Z., Kleinman, S. J., Long, D., ...
We have examined the radial velocity data for stars spectroscopically observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) more than once to investigate the incidence of spectroscopic binaries, and to...
Anderson, Scott F., Haggard, Daryl, Homer, Lee, Joshi, Nikhil R., Margon, Bruce, Silvestri, Nicole M., ...
AM CVn systems are a rare (about a dozen previously known) class of cataclysmic variables, arguably encompassing the shortest orbital periods (down to about 10 minutes) of any known binaries. Both...
Nysewander, M. C., Reichart, D. E., Williams, G. G., Kinugasa, K., Lamb, D. Q., ...
We present Follow-Up Network for Gamma-Ray Bursts (FUN GRB) Collaboration observations of the optical afterglow of GRB 021211 made between 143 seconds and 102 days after the burst. Our unique data...
Schmidt, G. D., Szkody, P., Vanlandingham, K. M., Anderson, S. F., Barentine, J. C., Brewington, H. J., ...
Discoveries of two new white dwarf plus M star binaries with striking optical cyclotron emission features from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) brings to six the total number of X-ray faint,...
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 sloan digital sky survey quasar catalog - III. Third data release (2005)
Schneider, Donald P., Hall, Patrick B., Richards, Gordon T., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., Anderson, Scott F., Fan, Xiaohui, ...
Mass-producing spectra: The SDSS spectrographic system (2004)
Newman, Peter R., Long, Dan C., Snedden, Stephanie A., Kleinman, S. J., Nitta, Atsuko, Harvanek, Michael, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is the largest redshift survey conducted to date, and the principal survey observations have all been conducted on the dedicated SDSS 2.5m and 0.5m telescopes at Apache...
Cataclysmic Variables from Sloan Digital Sky Survey. V. The Fifth Year (2004) (1998)
Szkody, Paula, Henden, Arne, Knapp, Gillian R., Schmidt, Gary D., Watson, Todd K., Winget, Don, ...
This paper identifies the cataclysmic variables that appear in spectra obtained in 2004 as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Spectra of 41 objects, including seven systems that were previously...