Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, nearby galaxies, and the distant Universe

We describe the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV), a project encompassing three major spectroscopic programs. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2) is observing hundreds of thousands of Milky Way stars at high resolution and high signal-to-noise ratios in the ne...

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Main Authors: Blanton, MR, Bershady, MA, Abolfathi, B, Cappellari, M, Davies, R, SDSS Collaboration (358 others)
Format: Journal article
Published: Institute of Physics 2017