SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/SDSS_(Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	astronomer
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:SDSS
gptkbp:area	over 35% of the sky
gptkbp:citation	one of the most cited astronomical surveys
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dataSource	publicly available
gptkbp:format	gptkb:FITS CSV SQL database
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:National_Science_Foundation gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy gptkb:Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation Participating Institutions
gptkbp:goal	create detailed 3D maps of the universe map large-scale structure of the universe obtain spectra of galaxies and quasars
gptkbp:headquarters	Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
gptkbp:imagingBands	i z r u g
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Apache_Point_Observatory
gptkbp:notableFinds	Milky Way structure studies mapping the large-scale structure of the universe detailed quasar catalogues discovery of new types of stars and galaxies
gptkbp:numberOfGalaxiesObserved	over 3 million
gptkbp:numberOfQuasarsObserved	over 500,000
gptkbp:numberOfStarsObserved	over 500 million
gptkbp:partner	gptkb:Fermilab gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University gptkb:Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory gptkb:Princeton_University gptkb:University_of_Tokyo gptkb:University_of_Utah gptkb:University_of_Washington gptkb:Max_Planck_Institute_for_Astronomy gptkb:New_Mexico_State_University University of Portsmouth
gptkbp:principalInvestigator	gptkb:James_E._Gunn
gptkbp:releaseDate	gptkb:DR1 gptkb:DR10 gptkb:DR11 gptkb:DR12 gptkb:DR13 gptkb:DR14 gptkb:DR15 gptkb:DR16 gptkb:DR17 gptkb:DR4 gptkb:DR5 gptkb:DR6 gptkb:DR7 gptkb:DR8 gptkb:DR9 gptkb:DR2 gptkb:DR3
gptkbp:servesArea	Northern Galactic Cap Southern Galactic Cap
gptkbp:spectrograph	multi-fiber spectrograph
gptkbp:startDate	2000
gptkbp:surveyPhases	gptkb:SDSS-I gptkb:SDSS-II gptkb:SDSS-III gptkb:SDSS-IV gptkb:SDSS-V
gptkbp:telescopeType	2.5-meter wide-angle optical telescope
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:cosmology dark matter research dark energy research extragalactic astronomy large-scale structure stellar astrophysics Milky Way structure galaxy evolution quasar studies
gptkbp:wavelengthRange	near-infrared optical
gptkbp:website	https://www.sdss.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Leo_T
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7