SDSS Introductory Pages are being moved

A new SDSS introduction home page is under construction and is at a new location. It is intended for the general Internet public and will provide a basic overview of the SDSS project. The remainder of the SDSS WWW documentation is also open to the public, but is intended for the astronomers and scientists involved in the project.

What is the SDSS?

Here is a brief introduction to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, sponsored in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation . It is either a printed document, or selected from the home page of the SDSS WWW Server, "Introduction to SDSS."

Software Primer Files