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Impact of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey on Variable Star Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Željko Ivezić ,
Josh Goldston ,
Kristian Finlator ,
Jill Knapp ,
Brian Yanny  and
the SDSS Collaboration
Željko Ivezić
Affiliation:
Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ 08544-1001, USA
Josh Goldston
Affiliation:
Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ 08544-1001, USA
Kristian Finlator
Affiliation:
Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ 08544-1001, USA
Jill Knapp
Affiliation:
Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ 08544-1001, USA
Brian Yanny
Affiliation:
Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, NJ 08544-1001, USA

Abstract

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We present the results of a preliminary search for variable objects in about 100 deg2 of SDSS commissioning data surveyed twice with Δt=1.99462 days. In particular, we find that the density of RR Lyrae star candidates abruptly ends at a galactocentric radius of 50–60 kpc.

Type
Part 1. Large Scale Surveys: Present and Future
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 176: The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research , 2000 , pp. 68
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