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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
SEGUE: A spectroscopic survey of 240,000 stars with g = 14-20
Astronomical Journal, Volume 137, No. 5, Year 2009
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The Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration (SEGUE) Survey obtained ≈240,000 moderate-resolution (R ∼ 1800) spectra from 3900 Å to 9000 Å of fainter Milky Way stars (14.0 < g < 20.3) of a wide variety of spectral types, both main-sequence and evolved objects, with the goal of studying the kinematics and populations of our Galaxy and its halo. The spectra are clustered in 212 regions spaced over three quarters of the sky. Radial velocity accuracies for stars are at g < 18, degrading to at g ∼ 20. For stars with signal-to-noise ratio >10 per resolution element, stellar atmospheric parameters are estimated, including metallicity, surface gravity, and effective temperature. SEGUE obtained 3500 deg2 of additional ugriz imaging (primarily at low Galactic latitudes) providing precise multicolor photometry (σ(g, r, i) ∼ 2%), (σ(u, z) ∼ 3%) and astrometry (≈0″.1) for spectroscopic target selection. The stellar spectra, imaging data, and derived parameter catalogs for this survey are publicly available as part of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7. © 2009. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Yanny, Brian
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Rockosi, Constance M.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Newberg, Heidi J.
United States, Troy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Knapp, Gillian R.
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Allam, Sahar S.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Allende-Prieto, Carlos
United States, Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
United Kingdom, London
University College London
An, Deokkeun
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Anderson, Kurt S.J.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
United States, Las Cruces
New Mexico State University
Anderson, Scott F.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Bailer-Jones, Coryn A.L.
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Beers, Timothy C.
United States, East Lansing
Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics - Center for the Evolution of the Elements
Bell, Eric F.
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Belokurov, Vasily A.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Bizyaev, Dmitry Anatolevich
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Bochanski, John J.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Boroski, William N.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Brinchmann, Jarle
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Brinkmann, Jonathan V.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Brewington, Howard J.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Carey, Larry N.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Evans, Michael L.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Evans, Neil Wyn
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Gates, Evalyn I.
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
Gänsicke, Boris T.
United Kingdom, Coventry
University of Warwick
Gillespie, Bruce A.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Gilmore, Gerard F.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Grebel, Eva K.
Germany, Heidelberg
Universität Heidelberg
Gunn, James E.
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Harding, Paul
United States, Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Harris, Hugh C.
United States, Flagstaff
U.s. Naval Observatory - Flagstaff Station
Hendry, John S.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Ivezic, Zeljko
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Jester, Sebastian
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Johnson, Jennifer A.
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Kent, Stephen M.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Kleinman, Scott J.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Kniazev, Alexei Yu
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Krzesiński, Jurek
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Krön, Richard G.
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
Kuropatkin, Nikolay P.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Lebedeva, Svetlana
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Lee, Young Sun
United States, East Lansing
Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics - Center for the Evolution of the Elements
Leger, R. French
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Ĺepine, Sebastién
United States, New York
American Museum of Natural History
Lin, Huan
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Long, Daniel C.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Lupton, Robert H.
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Malanushenko, Viktor P.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Martínez-Delgado, David
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
McGehee, Peregrine M.
Unknown Affiliation
Munn, Jeffrey A.
United States, Flagstaff
U.s. Naval Observatory - Flagstaff Station
Neilsen, Eric H.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Nitta, Atsuko
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Oravetz, Daniel J.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Owen, Russell E.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Padmanabhan, Nikhil
United States, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Pan, Kaike
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Pier, Jeffrey R.
United States, Flagstaff
U.s. Naval Observatory - Flagstaff Station
Re Fiorentin, P. R.
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Slovenia, Ljubljana
Univerza V Ljubljani
Richards, Gordon T.
United States, Philadelphia
Drexel University
Rix, Hans Walter R.
Germany, Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Schlegel, David J.
United States, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
P. Schneider, Donald P.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Schreiber, Matthias R.
Chile, Valparaiso
Universidad de Valparaiso
Schwope, Axel D.
Germany, Potsdam
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
Simmons, Audrey E.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Snedden, Stephanie A.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Smith, J. Allyn
United States, Clarksville
Austin Peay State University
Stauffer, Fritz
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Steinmetz, Matthias
Germany, Potsdam
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
Stoughton, Chris
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
SubbaRao, Mark U.
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
United States, Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Szalay, Alexander S.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Szkody, Paula
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Sivarani, Thirupathi
United States, East Lansing
Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics - Center for the Evolution of the Elements
Tucker, Douglas L.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Uomoto, Alan K.
United States, Pasadena
Carnegie Observatories
Vanden Berk, Daniel E.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Vidrih, Simon
Germany, Heidelberg
Universität Heidelberg
Wadadekar, Yogesh G.
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
India, Pune
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics India
Watters, Shannon
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Wilhelm, Ronald J.
United States, Lubbock
Texas Tech University
Wyse, Rosemary F.G.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Zucker, Daniel B.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Statistics
Citations: 890
Authors: 85
Affiliations: 33
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1088/0004-6256/137/5/4377
ISSN:
00046256
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
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