The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Kevork N. Abazajian(Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jennifer Adelman-McCarthy(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Marcel A. Agüeros(University of Washington), S. Allam(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Kurt S. Anderson(New Mexico State University), Scott F. Anderson(University of Washington), James Annis(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Neta A. Bahcall(Princeton University), I. K. Baldry(Johns Hopkins University), Steven Bastian(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Andreas A. Berlind(University of Chicago), Mariangela Bernardi(University of Pittsburgh), Michael R. Blanton(New York University), John J. Bochanski(University of Washington), William N. Boroski(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), H. Brewington(New Mexico State University), John W. Briggs(New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology), J. Brinkmann(New Mexico State University), Róbert Brunner(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Tamás Budavári(Johns Hopkins University), Larry Carey(University of Washington), F. J. Castander(Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya), Andrew J. Connolly(University of Pittsburgh), Kevin R. Covey(University of Washington), István Csabai(Eötvös Loránd University), Julianne J. Dalcanton(University of Washington), Mamoru Doi(Tokyo University of Science), Feng Dong(Princeton University), Daniel J. Eisenstein(University of Arizona), Michael L. Evans(University of Washington), Xiaohui Fan(University of Arizona), Douglas P. Finkbeiner(Princeton University), S. D. Friedman(Space Telescope Science Institute), Joshua A. Frieman(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), M. Fukugita(The University of Tokyo), Bruce Gillespie(New Mexico State University), Karl Glazebrook(Johns Hopkins University), Jim Gray(Microsoft (United States)), E. K. Grebel(Max Planck Society), James E. Gunn(Princeton University), Vijay K. Gurbani(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Patrick B. Hall(York University), Masaru Hamabe(Japan Women's University), Daniel Harbeck(University of Wisconsin–Madison), Frederick H. Harris(United States Naval Observatory), Hugh C. Harris(United States Naval Observatory), Michael Harvanek(New Mexico State University), Suzanne L. Hawley(University of Washington), J. J. E. Hayes(Catholic University of America), Timothy M. Heckman(Johns Hopkins University), John S. Hendry(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), G. S. Hennessy(United States Naval Observatory), Robert B. Hindsley(United States Naval Research Laboratory), Craig J. Hogan(University of Washington), David W. Hogg(New York University), D. Holmgren(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Jon A. Holtzman(New Mexico State University), S. Ichikawa(National Institutes of Natural Sciences), Takashi Ichikawa(Tohoku University), Željko Ivezić(Princeton University), Sebastian Jester(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), David E. Johnston(Princeton University), A. M. Jorgensen(Los Alamos National Laboratory), Mario Jurić(Princeton University), S. Kent(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), S. J. Kleinman(New Mexico State University), G. R. Knapp(Princeton University), A. Y. Kniazev(Max Planck Society), Richard G. Kron(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), J. Krzesiński(New Mexico State University), Donald Q. Lamb(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Hubert Lampeitl(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Brian Lee(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), H. Lin(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Daniel C. Long(New Mexico State University), J. Loveday(University of Sussex), Robert H. Lupton(Princeton University), Edward J. Mannery(University of Washington), B. Margon(Space Telescope Science Institute), David Martínez‐Delgado(Max Planck Society), Takahiko Matsubara(Nagoya University), P. McGehee(New Mexico State University), Timothy A. McKay(University of Michigan), Avery Meiksin(Royal Observatory), Brice Ménard(Institute for Advanced Study), Jeffrey A. Munn(United States Naval Observatory), Thomas Nash(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Eric H. Neilsen(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Heidi Jo Newberg(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Peter R. Newman(New Mexico State University), R. C. Nichol(University of Portsmouth), Tom Nicinski(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), M. A. Nieto‐Santisteban(Space Telescope Science Institute), A. Nitta(New Mexico State University), Sadanori Okamura(The University of Tokyo), William O’Mullane(Johns Hopkins University), Russell Owen(University of Washington), Nikhil Padmanabhan(Princeton University), George Pauls(Princeton University), J. Peoples(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Jeffrey R. Pier(United States Naval Observatory), Adrian Pope(Johns Hopkins University), D. Pourbaix(Université Libre de Bruxelles), Thomas Quinn(University of Washington), M. Jordan Raddick(Johns Hopkins University), Gordon T. Richards(Princeton University), M. Richmond(Rochester Institute of Technology), Walter Hans-Rix(Max Planck Society), Constance M. Rockosi(University of California, Santa Cruz), David J. Schlegel(Princeton University), Donald P. Schneider(Pennsylvania State University), Joshua Schroeder(University of Colorado Boulder), Ryan Scranton(University of Pittsburgh), M. Sekiguchi(Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), E. Sheldon(University of Chicago), K. Shimasaku(The University of Tokyo), Nicole M. Silvestri(University of Washington), J. A. Smith(University of Wyoming), Vernesa Smolić(University of Zagreb), Stephanie A. Snedden(New Mexico State University), Albert Stebbins(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Chris Stoughton(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Michael A. Strauss(Princeton University), Mark Rao Subba(Adler Planetarium), Alexander S. Szalay(Johns Hopkins University), István Szapudi, Paula Szkody(University of Washington), G. Szokoly(Max Planck Society), Max Tegmark(University of Pennsylvania), L. F. A. Teodoro(Los Alamos National Laboratory), Aniruddha R. Thakar(Johns Hopkins University), Christy Tremonti(University of Arizona), D. L. Tucker(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Alan Uomoto(Johns Hopkins University), D. E. vanden Berk(Pennsylvania State University), Jan Vandenberg(Johns Hopkins University), Michael S. Vogeley(Drexel University), W. Voges(Max Planck Society), Nicole P. Vogt(New Mexico State University), Lucianne M. Walkowicz(University of Washington), Shu i. Wang, David H. Weinberg(The Ohio State University), Andrew A. West(University of Washington), Simon D. M. White(Max Planck Society), Brian C. Wilhite(University of Chicago), Yongzhong Xu(Los Alamos National Laboratory), B. Yanny(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Naoki Yasuda(The University of Tokyo), Ching Wa Yip(University of Pittsburgh), D. R. Yocum(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Donald G. York(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Idit Zehavi(University of Arizona), S. Zibetti(Max Planck Society), D. B. Zucker(Max Planck Society)
The Astronomical Journal
March 1, 2005
Cited by 754Open Access
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Abstract

This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg 2 , photometric and astrometric catalogs of the 141 million objects detected in these imaging data, and spectra of 528,640 objects selected over 4188 deg 2 . The pipelines analyzing both images and spectroscopy are unchanged from those used in our Second Data Release.


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