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QSO Color Selection in the SDSS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

H. J. Newberg
Affiliation:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
B. Yanny
Affiliation:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) will image 10,000 square degrees in the north galactic cap in five filters. We hope to identify and obtain spectra for about 100,000 quasars brighter than 20th magnitude in this area. The selection will be primarily on the basis of point spread function and colors, but we will also identify quasars from a catalog of FIRST radio sources. The selection areas in color space must be determined during the testing period prior to the official start of the survey. This task may determine the length of the test period. In anticipation of this becoming the critical path, we have written a body of software that will allow us to quickly analyze a set of multicolor data and make a first cut at the selection limits.

Type
Part 5. Extra-Galactic Astronomy
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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