D.S. Aguado
The fifteenth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: first release of MaNGA derived quantities, data visualization tools and stellar library
Aguado, D.S.; Ahumada, Romina; Almeida, Andres; Anderson, Scott F.; Andrews, Brett H.; Anguiano, Borja; Aquino Ortiz, Erik; Aragon-Salamanca, Alfonso; Argudo-Fernandez, Maria; Aubert, Marie; Avila-Reese, Vladimir; Badenes, Carles; Barboza Rembold, Sandro; Barger, Kat; + 211 authors; Zou, Hu
Authors
Romina Ahumada
Andres Almeida
Scott F. Anderson
Brett H. Andrews
Borja Anguiano
Erik Aquino Ortiz
ALFONSO ARAGON-SALAMANCA ALFONSO.ARAGON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Astronomy
Maria Argudo-Fernandez
Marie Aubert
Vladimir Avila-Reese
Carles Badenes
Sandro Barboza Rembold
Kat Barger
+ 211 authors
Hu Zou
Abstract
Twenty years have passed since first light for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Here, we release data taken by the fourth phase of SDSS (SDSS-IV) across its first three years of operation (2014 July–2017 July). This is the third data release for SDSS-IV, and the 15th from SDSS (Data Release Fifteen; DR15). New data come from MaNGA—we release 4824 data cubes, as well as the first stellar spectra in the MaNGA Stellar Library (MaStar), the first set of survey-supported analysis products (e.g., stellar and gas kinematics, emission-line and other maps) from the MaNGA Data Analysis Pipeline, and a new data visualization and access tool we call "Marvin." The next data release, DR16, will include new data from both APOGEE-2 and eBOSS; those surveys release no new data here, but we document updates and corrections to their data processing pipelines. The release is cumulative; it also includes the most recent reductions and calibrations of all data taken by SDSS since first light. In this paper, we describe the location and format of the data and tools and cite technical references describing how it was obtained and processed. The SDSS website (www.sdss.org) has also been updated, providing links to data downloads, tutorials, and examples of data use. Although SDSS-IV will continue to collect astronomical data until 2020, and will be followed by SDSS-V (2020–2025), we end this paper by describing plans to ensure the sustainability of the SDSS data archive for many years beyond the collection of data.
Citation
Aguado, D., Ahumada, R., Almeida, A., Anderson, S. F., Andrews, B. H., Anguiano, B., …Zou, H. (2019). The fifteenth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: first release of MaNGA derived quantities, data visualization tools and stellar library. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 240(2), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aaf651
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 3, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 31, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jan 31, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Dec 17, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 17, 2018 |
Journal | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |
Print ISSN | 0067-0049 |
Electronic ISSN | 1538-4365 |
Publisher | American Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 240 |
Issue | 2 |
Article Number | 23 |
Pages | 1-25 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aaf651 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1418170 |
Publisher URL | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/aaf651 |
Additional Information | 234 authors. |
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