• DocumentCode
    1488135
  • Title

    The Sloan Digital Sky Survey

  • Author

    Szalay, Alexander S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    Astronomy is about to undergo a major paradigm shift, with data sets becoming larger and more homogeneous, designed for the first time in a top-down fashion. The paper discusses the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. By digitally mapping half of the northern sky, this project promises to radically improve the way scientists do astronomy. In putting a digital sky on the desktops of astronomers, the SDSS could well lead to major new discoveries
  • Keywords
    astronomical catalogues; astronomy computing; cartography; scientific information systems; SDSS; Sloan Digital Sky Survey; astronomy; data sets; digital mapping; northern sky; Astronomy; Catalogs; Collaboration; Databases; Engines; Filters; Infrared detectors; Optical imaging; Photometry; Telescopes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/5992.753047
  • Filename
    753047
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1488135