Into the Depths of the Universe: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Presenter Full Name
Dr. Stephanie Snedden
Institution
New Mexico State University
Year & Semester
2003 Fall
Presentation Date
December 1, 2003

Dr. Stephanie Snedden ('83) of New Mexico State University and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey will describe how positions and absolute brightnesses of more than 100 million celestial objects and distances to more than a million galaxies and quasars are being measured in the short span of five years.