SDSS catalog data demo, March 30, 2007
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Jordan Raddick and Ani Thakar
References & Tutorials
•When in doubt, consult website or publications:
•http://www.sdss.org/publications/#technical
•http://www.sdss.org/publications/#data%20release … especially EDR paper (Stoughton et al)
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•The SDSS can function as a data pipeline, but not as a science pipeline.  You will have to decide what magnitudes are best for your science, what flag values to use to accept or reject objects, etc.
•Try the queries on the next few pages, or at http://cas.sdss.org/astro/en/help/cooking/
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