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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Masataka Fukugita*
Affiliation:
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo Tanashi, Tokyo, 188 Japan

Abstract

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The concept and the present status of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey are described, with emphasis on the instrumentation aspect of the project.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998

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