Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is a major astronomical project that has created some of the most detailed three-dimensional maps of the universe using wide-field imaging and spectroscopy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical survey
astronomy project
abbreviation SDSS NERFINISHED
band g-band
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collaborationSize hundreds of scientists
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataAccess online archive
dataPolicy public data releases
dataRelease DR1 NERFINISHED
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field astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
fundedBy Alfred P. Sloan Foundation NERFINISHED
participating institutions
goal create detailed three-dimensional maps of the universe
measure redshifts of galaxies and quasars
study large-scale structure of the universe
hasPart SDSS-I NERFINISHED
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impact Milky Way structure studies
galaxy evolution research
precision cosmology
quasar and AGN research
studies of dark energy
studies of dark matter
inception 2000
includesProgram Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment NERFINISHED
Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey NERFINISHED
Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey NERFINISHED
knownFor large-scale galaxy redshift surveys
mapping the large-scale structure of the universe
publicly accessible data releases
quasar surveys
location Apache Point Observatory NERFINISHED
namedAfter Alfred P. Sloan Foundation NERFINISHED
observatory Apache Point Observatory NERFINISHED
produces imaging data
photometric catalogues
redshift surveys
spectroscopic catalogues
startTime 2000
surveyArea about one-third of the sky
telescopeUsed 2.5-meter Sloan Foundation Telescope NERFINISHED
uses multi-object spectroscopy
wide-field imaging
wavelength near-infrared
optical

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Andromeda X observedInSurvey Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Sagittarius Stream mappedBy Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Milky Way stellar halo studiedWith Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Monoceros Ring stellar stream discoveredUsing Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Monoceros Ring discoveredUsing Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Monoceros Ring observedWith Sloan Digital Sky Survey
this entity surface form: SDSS survey
James E. Gunn notableWork Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument relatedTo Sloan Digital Sky Survey
this entity surface form: Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument relatedTo Sloan Digital Sky Survey
DECam Legacy Survey relatedProject Sloan Digital Sky Survey