Lessons Learned from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Operations
Astrophysics
2009-11-02 v1
Abstract
Astronomy is changing. Large projects, large collaborations, and large budgets are becoming the norm. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is one example of this new astronomy, and in operating the original survey, we put in place and learned many valuable operating principles. Scientists sometimes have the tendency to invent everything themselves but when budgets are large, deadlines are many, and both are tight, learning from others and applying it appropriately can make the difference between success and failure. We offer here our experiences well as our thoughts, opinions, and beliefs on what we learned in operating the SDSS.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0810.2811,
title = {Lessons Learned from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Operations},
author = {S. J. Kleinman and J. E. Gunn and B. Boroski and D. Long and S. Snedden and A. Nitta and J. Krzesiński and M. Harvanek and E. Neilsen and B. Gillespie and J. C. Barentine and A. Uomoto and D. Tucker and D. York and S. Jester},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.2811},
year = {2009}
}
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Conference Proceedings, SPIE 2008