The u'g'r'i'z' Standard Star Network
Abstract
We present the 158 standard stars that define the u'g'r'i'z' photometric system. These stars form the basis for the photometric calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The defining instrument system and filters, the observing process, the reduction techniques, and the software used to create the stellar network are all described. We briefly discuss the history of the star selection process, the derivation of a set of transformation equations for the UBVRcIc system, and plans for future work.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0201143,
title = {The u'g'r'i'z' Standard Star Network},
author = {J. A. Smith and D. L. Tucker and S. Kent and M. W. Richmond and M. Fukugita and T. Ichikawa and S. -I. Ichikawa and A. M. Jorgensen and A. Uomoto and J. E. Gunn and M. Hamabe and M. Watanabe and A. Tolea and A. Henden and J. Annis and J. R. Pier and T. A. McKay and J. Brinkmann and B. Chen and J. Holtzman and K. Shimasaku and D. G. York},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0201143},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
References to URLs in paper have been updated to reflect moved website. Accepted by AJ. 50 pages, including 20 pages of text, 9 tables, and 15 figures. Plain ASCII text versions of Tables 8 and 9 can be found at http://home.fnal.gov/~dtucker/ugriz/index.html (new URL)