Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR16

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Context

Sloan Digital Sky Survey current DR16 Server Data release with Galaxies, Stars and Quasars.

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Content

The table results from a query which joins two tables:

• "PhotoObj" which contains photometric data
• "SpecObj" which contains spectral data.

16 variables (double) and 1 additional variable (char) 'class'.
A class object can be predicted from the other 16 variables.

Variables description:
objid = Object Identifier
ra = J2000 Right Ascension (r-band)
dec = J2000 Declination (r-band)
u = better of deV/Exp magnitude fit (u-band)
g = better of deV/Exp magnitude fit (g-band)
r = better of deV/Exp magnitude fit (r-band)
i = better of deV/Exp magnitude fit (i-band)
z = better of deV/Exp magnitude fit (z-band)
run = Run Number
rerun = Rerun Number
camcol = Camera column
field = Field number
specobjid = Object Identifier
class = object class (galaxy, star or quasar object)
redshift = Final Redshift
plate = plate number
mjd = MJD of observation
fiberid = fiberID

Comments

• A four-color UVGR intermediate-band photometric system (Thuan-Gunn astronomic magnitude system) is discussed in [1]. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometric system, a new five-color (u′ g′ r′ i′ z′) wide-band CCD system is described in [2]
• The variables 'run', 'rerun', 'camcol' and 'field' features which describe a field within an image taken by the SDSS. A field is basically a part of the entire image corresponding to 2048 by 1489 pixels. A field can be identified by: - run number, which identifies the specific scan, - the camera column, or "camcol," a number from 1 to 6, identifying the scanline within the run, and the field number. The field number typically starts at 11 (after an initial rampup time), and can be as large as 800 for particularly long runs. - An additional number, rerun, specifies how the image was processed.
• The variable 'class' identifies an object to be either a galaxy (GALAXY), star (STAR) or quasar (QSO).

References:

[1] Thuan & Gunn (1976, PASP, 88,543)
[2] Fukugita, M. et al, Astronomical J. v.111, p.1748

Data server

Data can be obtained using SkyServer SQL Search with the command below:
-- This query does a table JOIN between the imaging (PhotoObj) and spectra
-- (SpecObj) tables and includes the necessary columns in the SELECT to upload
-- the results to the SAS (Science Archive Server) for FITS file retrieval.
SELECT TOP 100000
p.objid,p.ra,p.dec,p.u,p.g,p.r,p.i,p.z,
p.run, p.rerun, p.camcol, p.field,
s.specobjid, s.class, s.z as redshift,
s.plate, s.mjd, s.fiberid
FROM PhotoObj AS p
JOIN SpecObj AS s ON s.bestobjid = p.objid
WHERE
p.u BETWEEN 0 AND 19.6
AND g BETWEEN 0 AND 20

Learn how to. Some examples. Full SQL Tutorial.

Or perform a complicated, CPU-intensive query of SDSS catalog data using CasJobs, SQL-based interface to the CAS.

Acknowledgements

SDSS collaboration.

Inspiration

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has created the most detailed three-dimensional maps of the Universe ever made, with deep multi-color images of one-third of the sky, and spectra for more than three million astronomical objects. It allows to learn and explore all phases and surveys - past, present, and future - of the SDSS.