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The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Volume 162, No. 1, Year 2006

This paper describes the Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), including all survey-quality data taken through 2004 June. The data release includes five-band photometric data for 180 million objects selected over 6670 deg 2 and 673,280 spectra of galaxies, quasars, and stars selected from 4783 deg 2 of those imaging data using the standard SDSS target selection algorithms. These numbers represent a roughly 27% increment over those of the Third Data Release; all the data from previous data releases are included in the present release. The Fourth Data Release also includes an additional 131,840 spectra of objects selected using a variety of alternative algorithms, to address scientific issues ranging from the kinematics of stars in the Milky Way thick disk to populations of faint galaxies and quasars. © 2006. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Agúeros, Marcel A.
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Allam, Sahar S.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
2. United States, Laramie University of Wyoming
Anderson, Kurt S.J.
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
2. United States, Las Cruces New Mexico State University
Anderson, Scott F.
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Annis, James T.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Bahcall, Neta A.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Baldry, Ivan K.
1. United States, Baltimore Johns Hopkins University
Barentine, John C.
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
Berlind, Andreas A.
1. United States, New York New York University
Bernardi, Mariangela
1. United States, Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania
Blanton, Michael R.
1. United States, New York New York University
Boroski, William N.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Brewington, Howard J.
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
Brinchmann, Jarle
1. Portugal, Porto Universidade do Porto
Brinkmann, Jon
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
Brunner, Robert J.
1. United States, Urbana University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Budavari, Tamas
1. United States, Baltimore Johns Hopkins University
Carey, Larry N.
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Carr, Michael A.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Castander, Francisco Javier J.
1. Spain, Madrid Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Connolly, Andrew J.
1. United States, Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh
Csabai, Istvan N.
1. United States, Baltimore Johns Hopkins University
2. Hungary, Budapest Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
Czarapata, Paul C.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Dalcanton, Julianne J.
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Doi, Mamoru
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Eisenstein, Daniel J.
1. United States, Tucson The University of Arizona
Evans, Michael L.
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Fan, Xiaohui
1. United States, Tucson The University of Arizona
Finkbeiner, Douglas P.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Friedman, Scott D.
1. United States, Baltimore Space Telescope Science Institute
Frieman, Joshua A.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
2. United States, Chicago The University of Chicago
Fukugita, Masataka
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Gillespie, Bruce A.
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
Glazebrook, Karl G.
1. United States, Baltimore Johns Hopkins University
Grebel, Eva K.
1. Switzerland, Basel Universitat Basel
Gunn, James E.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
de Haas, Ernst P.J.Paul
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Patrick B. Hall, Patrick B.
1. Canada, Toronto York University
Harris, Frederick H.
1. United States, Flagstaff U.s. Naval Observatory - Flagstaff Station
Harvanek, Michael
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
Hawley, Suzanne L.
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Hayes, Jeffrey J.E.
1. United States, Washington, D.c. The Catholic University of America
Hendry, John S.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Hennessy, Gregory S.
1. United States, Washington, D.c. U.s. Naval Observatory
Hindsley, Robert B.
1. United States, Washington, D.c. U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Hirata, Christopher M.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Hogan, Craig J.
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Hogg, David W.
1. United States, New York New York University
Holtzman, Jon A.
1. United States, Las Cruces New Mexico State University
Ichikawa, Shin'ichi
1. Japan, Mitaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Ivezic, Zeljko
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Jester, Sebastian
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Johnston, David E.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Jørgensen, Anders M.
1. United States, Los Alamos Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jurić, Mario
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Kent, Stephen M.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Kleinman, Scott J.
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
Knapp, Gillian R.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Kniazev, Alexei Yu
1. Germany, Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Krön, Richard G.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
2. United States, Chicago The University of Chicago
Krzesiński, Jurek
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
2. Poland, Krakow Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny Im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej
Kuropatkin, Nikolay P.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Lamb, Donald Q.
1. United States, Chicago The University of Chicago
Lampeitl, Hubert
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Lee, Brian C.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Leger, R. French
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Lin, Huan
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Long, Daniel C.
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
Loveday, Jon N.
1. United Kingdom, Brighton University of Sussex
Lupton, Robert H.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Martínez-Delgado, David
1. Spain, Granada Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - Csic
Mandelbaum, Rachel
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
McGehee, Peregrine M.
1. United States, Los Alamos Los Alamos National Laboratory
McKay, Timothy A.
1. United States, Ann Arbor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Munn, Jeffrey A.
1. United States, Flagstaff U.s. Naval Observatory - Flagstaff Station
Nakajima, Reiko
1. United States, Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania
Neilsen, Eric H.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Newberg, Heidi J.
1. United States, Troy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nichol, Robert C.
1. United Kingdom, Portsmouth University of Portsmouth
Nitta, Atsuko
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
O'Mullane, William O.Mullane
1. United States, Baltimore Johns Hopkins University
Okamura, Sadanori
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Owen, Russell E.
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Padmanabhan, Nikhil
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Peoples, John
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Pier, Jeffrey R.
1. United States, Flagstaff U.s. Naval Observatory - Flagstaff Station
Pope, Adrian C.
1. United States, Baltimore Johns Hopkins University
Pourbaix, Dimitri
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
2. Belgium, Brussels Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - Fnrs
Quinn, Thomas R.
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Richards, Gordon T.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Richmond, Michael W.
1. United States, Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology
Rockosi, Constance M.
1. United States, Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz
Schlegel, David J.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
P. Schneider, Donald P.
1. United States, University Park Pennsylvania State University
Scranton, Ryan
1. United States, Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh
Šeljak, Uroš
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
2. Italy, Trieste Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Sheldon, Erin Scott
1. United States, Chicago The University of Chicago
Shimasaku, Kazuhiro
1. Japan, Tokyo The University of Tokyo
Smith, J. Allyn
1. United States, Laramie University of Wyoming
2. United States, Los Alamos Los Alamos National Laboratory
Smolčić, Vernesa
1. Croatia, Zagreb University of Zagreb
Snedden, Stephanie A.
1. United States, Sunspot Apache Point Observatory
Stoughton, Chris
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Strauss, Mlchael A.
1. United States, Princeton Princeton University
Szalay, Alexander S.
1. United States, Baltimore Johns Hopkins University
Szapudi, Istvàn
1. United States, Honolulu University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
Szkody, Paula
1. United States, Seattle University of Washington
Tegmark, Max
1. United States, Cambridge Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tucker, Douglas L.
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Uomoto, Alan K.
1. United States, Baltimore Johns Hopkins University
2. United States, Pasadena Carnegie Observatories
Vanden Berk, Daniel E.
1. United States, University Park Pennsylvania State University
Vogeley, Michael S.
1. United States, Philadelphia Drexel University
Voges, Wolfgang H.
1. Germany, Garching Bei Munchen Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Weinberg, David H.
1. United States, Columbus The Ohio State University
White, Simon D.M.
1. Germany, Garching Bei Munchen Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Yanny, Brian
1. United States, Batavia Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
York, Donald G.
1. United States, Chicago The University of Chicago
Zehavi, Idit
1. United States, Tucson The University of Arizona
Zibetti, Stefano
1. Germany, Garching Bei Munchen Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Zucker, Daniel B.
1. Germany, Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

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