The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Photometric System

Abstract

This paper describes the Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric system, a new five-color (u‧ g‧ r‧ i‧ z‧) wide-band CCD system with wavelength coverage from 3000 to 11 000 Å. The zero points will be based on an updated version of the spectrophotometric AB<SUB>v</SUB> system. This updated calibration, designated as AB<SUB>95</SUB>, is presented in this paper.

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PhysicsSkyAstronomyPhotometry (optics)Photometric systemRemote sensingAstrophysicsStarsGeography

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Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 111
Pages: 1748-1748
Citations: 2795
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                                    M. Fukugita, 
                                
                                    Takashi Ichikawa, 
                                
                                    James E. Gunn
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Photometric System. 
                            The Astronomical Journal
                            , 111
                            
                            , 1748-1748.
                            https://doi.org/10.1086/117915

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DOI: 10.1086/117915