More than 600 galaxies and quasars in a single observation.Ī custom-designed set of software pipelines kept pace with theĮnabled the SDSS, optical fibers and the digital imaging detectors knownĪs CCDs (picture left), were the discoveries awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. A pair of spectrographsįed by optical fibers measured spectra of (and hence distances to) ![]() The 120-megapixel camera imaged 1.5 square degrees of sky at a time,Ībout eight times the area of the full moon. The SDSS uses a dedicated 2.5-meter telescope at Apache PointĮquipped with two powerful special-purpose instruments. Sky and created 3-dimensional maps containing more than 930,000 So far, SDSS has obtained deep, multi-color images covering more than a quarter of the Our department has been involved since the beginnings of the project. ![]() This is an ongoing survey that started in 2000 and is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) for the Participating Institutions. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is a consortium-powered program involving several institutions to survey the sky and map the universe.
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