The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

dc.creatoral., J. K. Adelman-McCarthy et
dc.date2005-07-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:24:38Z
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dc.descriptionThis paper describes the fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through June 2004. The data release includes five-band photometric data for 180 million objects selected over 6670 deg^2, and 673,280 spectra of galaxies, quasars, and stars selected from 4783 deg^2 of that imaging data using the standard SDSS target selection algorithms. These numbers represent a roughly 25% increment over those of the Third Data Release. The Fourth Data Release also includes an additional 131,840 spectra of objects selected using a variety of alternative algorithms, to address scientific issues ranging from the kinematics of stars in the Milky Way thick disk to populations of faint galaxies and quasars.
dc.description26 pages, 2 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507711
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507711
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.Suppl.162:38-48,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/497917
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/195258
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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