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Data Release papers

The fundamental references for using Sloan Digital Sky Survey data are the papers published for each data release. This page has links to each of those Data Release Papers.

  • Data Release 7: Abazajian, et al. 2009, "The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey," Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 182, 543
  • Data Release 6: Adelman-McCarthy, et al. 2008, "The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey," Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 175, 297
  • Data Release 5: Adelman-McCarthy, et al. 2007, "The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey," Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 172, 634
  • Data Release 4: Adelman-McCarthy, et al. 2006, "The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey," Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 162, 38
  • Data Release 3: Abazajian, et al. 2005, "The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey," Astronomical Journal, 129, 1755
  • Data Release 2: Abazajian, et al. 2004, "The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey," Astronomical Journal, 128, 502
  • Data Release 1: Abazajian, et al. 2003, "The First Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey," Astronomical Journal, 126, 2081
  • Early Data Release: Stoughton, et al. 2002, "Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early Data Release," Astronomical Journal, 123, 485