Context. Understanding the formation, evolution and present-day properties of the cosmic web and objects forming it is an important task in cosmology. Aims: We...
SDSS unveils a population of intrinsically faint cataclysmic variables at the minimum orbital period
We discuss the properties of 137 cataclysmic variables (CVs) which are included in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic data base, and for which...
SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Data Release 12: galaxy target selection and large-scale structure catalogues
The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) III project, has provided the largest survey of galaxy redshifts...
SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems
Building on the legacy of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-I and II), SDSS-III is a program of four spectroscopic surveys on three scientific themes: dark...
SDSS-IV DR17: final release of MaNGA PyMorph photometric and deep-learning morphological catalogues
We present the MaNGA PyMorph photometric Value Added Catalogue (MPP-VAC-DR17) and the MaNGA Deep Learning Morphological VAC (MDLM-VAC-DR17) for the final data...
SDSS-IV MaNGA: A Serendipitous Observation of a Potential Gas Accretion Event
The nature of warm, ionized gas outside of galaxies may illuminate several key galaxy evolutionary processes. A serendipitous observation by the MaNGA survey...
SDSS-IV MaNGA: bar pattern speed estimates with the Tremaine-Weinberg method and their error sources
Estimating the bar pattern speed (Ω bar) is one of the main challenges faced in understanding the role of stellar bars in galaxy dynamical evolution. This work...
SDSS-IV MaNGA: Excavating the fossil record of stellar populations in spiral galaxies
We perform a 'fossil record' analysis for ≍800 low-redshift spiral galaxies, using STARLIGHT applied to integral field spectroscopic observations from the SDSS...
SDSS-IV MaNGA: faint quenched galaxies - I. Sample selection and evidence for environmental quenching
Using kinematic maps from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) survey, we reveal that the majority of...