Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope

ntThe impressive SDSS telescope in the Sacramento, CA mountains. The telescope is 2.5 meters in diameter.

n

ntImage credit: Fermilab Visual Media Services

Redshift z Galaxy Map Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntA slice through the SDSS sky map, with Earth in the center.

n

ntImage courtesy M. Blanton and The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

Field of Streams, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntStars in the outer regions of the Milky Way.

n

ntImage courtesy V. Belokurov and The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

M78 Nebula, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntThe M78 Nebula, a star-forming region with dust clouds limiting the light from the young stars illuminating the Orion constellation.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

UGC 03214, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntSpiral galaxy UGC 03214 is receding from Earth. It is in the Orion constellation.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

Orion Nebula, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntThe Orion Nebula is just below Orion’s Belt on the Orion constellation.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

Leo A, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntLeo A is a dwarf irregular galaxy neighboring the Milky Way.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

Messier 34, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntThe purple and blue stars in open cluster Messier 34 are hotter than the Sun.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digitla Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

Seyfert's Sextet, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntSeyfert’s Sextet is a group of galaxies in the Serpens constellation.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

Planetary nebula G164.8+31.1, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntPlanetary nebula G164.8+31.1 illustrates the final phase of the evoluation of Sun-like stars.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

NGC 3788 and NGC 3786, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntSpiral galaxies NGC 3788 (top) and NGC 3786 (bottom) are interacting gravitationally in the constellation Ursa Major.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

First Light in Serpens constellation, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntFirst light in a small part of the Serpens constellation.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

NGC 6070, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntThe galaxy NGC 6070 in the Serpens constellation.

n

nt 

n

ntImage courtesy The SDSS Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

Palomar 5, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntPalomar 5 is a star cluster orbiting the Milky Way.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

Redshift 5 quasar, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntThe tiny red light dot is a superliminous object.

n

ntImage courtesy The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1087, image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

ntSpiral galaxy NGC 1087’s most interesting feature is a bright group of stars rotating in the center.

n

ntFor more details, read about some highlights of the discoveries made by the SDSS.

n

ntImage courtesy The SDSS Collaboration, http://www.sdss.org