Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 2003
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Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes II. Edited by Guhathakurta, Puragra. Proceedings of th
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey represents a new paradigm for optical astronomy. It is a consortium involving several hundred astronomers from the US, Japan, and Germany, and aims to obtain basic photometric and spectroscopic data of a large representative region of the high Galactic latitude sky. Using a dedicated wide-field 2.5m telescope and unique instrumentation and software, it is imaging the sky in five photometric bands, and obtaining high-quality spectra of magnitude-limited samples of galaxies and quasars. Many of the exciting scientific results to come from this survey have been a result of follow-up of the intriguing objects found with SDSS on larger and specialized instruments, including Keck, the VLT, and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. I discuss the synergy between the SDSS and the larger telescopes, with emphasis on studies of high-redshift quasars, and discuss how the SDSS and similar surveys are performing an important role in providing the basis for studies with these larger telescopes.
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