Sloan Digital Sky Survey

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SDSS
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Astrophysical_Research_Consortium
gptkbp:archiveType gptkb:CasJobs
gptkb:SDSS_Science_Archive_Server
gptkb:SkyServer
gptkbp:collaboratesWith multi-institutional collaboration
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dataReleaseFrequency periodic
gptkbp:dataSource publicly available
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
gptkbp:format gptkb:FITS
CSV
SQL database
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Sloan_Foundation
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Max_Planck_Society
gptkb:NASA
gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkb:Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation
gptkb:Higher_Education_Funding_Council_for_England
gptkb:Japanese_Monbukagakusho
Participating Institutions
gptkbp:goal create detailed 3D maps of the universe
map large-scale structure of the universe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sloan Digital Sky Survey
gptkbp:imagingBands i
z
r
u
g
gptkbp:imagingResolution 0.4 arcseconds per pixel
gptkbp:impact major contribution to modern astronomy
over 10,000 scientific papers
gptkbp:location gptkb:Apache_Point_Observatory
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation
gptkbp:notableFinds Milky Way structure studies
detailed galaxy catalogs
discovery of new quasars
mapping of large-scale structure of the universe
gptkbp:notableFor imaging camera
multi-object fiber-fed spectrographs
gptkbp:numberOfObjectsObserved over 500 million objects
gptkbp:numberOfSpectra over 5 million spectra
gptkbp:observatoryAltitude 2788 meters
gptkbp:period gptkb:SDSS-I
gptkb:SDSS-II
gptkb:SDSS-III
gptkb:SDSS-IV
gptkb:SDSS-V
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 over one-third of the sky
gptkbp:spectralResolution 1800-2200
gptkbp:startDate 2000
gptkbp:telescopeType 2.5-meter wide-angle optical telescope
gptkbp:type optical survey
photometric survey
spectroscopic survey
gptkbp:usedFor education
public outreach
scientific research
gptkbp:website https://www.sdss.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:David_Weinberg
gptkb:white_dwarfs
gptkb:David_W._Hogg
gptkb:Lambda-CDM_model
gptkb:Alfred_P._Sloan
gptkb:FIRST_survey
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5