Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey LAB--25 pts

SDSS is an ambitious project that attempts to map 1/4 of the visible sky over a period of years. This is a HUGE database of more than 90 million objects.

To familiarize yourself with such a tool, you will be doing an online lab, found here

The accompanying worksheet can be found here Copy it into a Microsoft Word document if you wish, or print it off and write in the values.

Everyone must do this post, even if not enrolled in the lab section of astronomy.

Due Date: 10/7/2008

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