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.
All labels observed (16)
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sloan Digital Sky Survey Context triple: [Andromeda X, observedInSurvey, Sloan Digital Sky Survey]
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Two Micron All Sky Survey
The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) is an astronomical survey that mapped the entire sky in near-infrared wavelengths, producing a comprehensive catalog of stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects.
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Dark Energy Survey
The Dark Energy Survey is a large international astronomical project that uses a wide-field camera on a Chilean telescope to map hundreds of millions of galaxies and study the nature of dark energy and cosmic acceleration.
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C.
Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey
The Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey is an astronomical project that provides detailed optical imaging and analysis of nearby galaxies to study their structure, formation, and evolution.
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D.
DECam Legacy Survey
The DECam Legacy Survey is a wide-field astronomical imaging project that uses the Dark Energy Camera to map large areas of the sky for studies of galaxy evolution, cosmology, and targets for spectroscopic surveys.
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E.
Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey
The Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey is an astronomical research project that combines infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope with optical spectroscopy from the IMACS instrument to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sloan Digital Sky Survey Target entity description: 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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A.
Two Micron All Sky Survey
The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) is an astronomical survey that mapped the entire sky in near-infrared wavelengths, producing a comprehensive catalog of stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects.
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B.
Dark Energy Survey
The Dark Energy Survey is a large international astronomical project that uses a wide-field camera on a Chilean telescope to map hundreds of millions of galaxies and study the nature of dark energy and cosmic acceleration.
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C.
Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey
The Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey is an astronomical project that provides detailed optical imaging and analysis of nearby galaxies to study their structure, formation, and evolution.
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D.
DECam Legacy Survey
The DECam Legacy Survey is a wide-field astronomical imaging project that uses the Dark Energy Camera to map large areas of the sky for studies of galaxy evolution, cosmology, and targets for spectroscopic surveys.
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E.
Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey
The Carnegie-Spitzer-IMACS Survey is an astronomical research project that combines infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope with optical spectroscopy from the IMACS instrument to study the formation and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical survey
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astronomy project ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
SDSS
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linked to:
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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| band |
g-band
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i-band ⓘ r-band ⓘ u-band ⓘ z-band ⓘ |
| collaborationSize | hundreds of scientists ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dataAccess | online archive ⓘ |
| dataPolicy | public data releases ⓘ |
| dataRelease |
DR1
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DR10 ⓘ DR11 ⓘ DR12 ⓘ DR13 ⓘ DR14 ⓘ DR15 ⓘ DR16 ⓘ DR17 ⓘ DR2 ⓘ DR3 ⓘ DR4 ⓘ DR5 ⓘ DR6 ⓘ DR7 ⓘ DR8 ⓘ DR9 ⓘ |
| field |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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participating institutions ⓘ |
| goal |
create detailed three-dimensional maps of the universe
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measure redshifts of galaxies and quasars ⓘ study large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ |
| hasPart |
SDSS-I
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linked to:
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
SDSS-II ⓘ
linked to:
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
SDSS-III ⓘ
linked to:
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
SDSS-IV ⓘ
linked to:
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
SDSS-V ⓘ
linked to:
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
|
| 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
ⓘ
Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey ⓘ
linked to:
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey ⓘ
linked to:
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
|
| knownFor |
large-scale galaxy redshift surveys
ⓘ
mapping the large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ publicly accessible data releases ⓘ quasar surveys ⓘ |
| location | Apache Point Observatory ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ⓘ |
| observatory | Apache Point Observatory ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| uses |
multi-object spectroscopy
ⓘ
wide-field imaging ⓘ |
| wavelength |
near-infrared
ⓘ
optical ⓘ |
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Subject: Sloan Digital Sky Survey Description of subject: 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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David Weinberg
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