Development of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey online systems

• Published in: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 105 - 110
• Main Authors: MacKinnon, B., Berman, E., Constanta-Fanourakis, P., Nicinski, T., Petravik, D., Pluquet, C., Pordes, R., Rechenmacher, R., Sergey, G., Wilcer, N., Kent, S., McKay, T.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.02.1994; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: Astronomical and space-research instrumentation; Astronomy; ASTROPHYSICS; CAMERAS; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES; CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Collaborative software; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; Computer interfaces; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Experimental methods and instrumentation for elementary-particle and nuclear physics; Fundamental astronomy and astrophysics. Instrumentation, techniques, and astronomical observations; Hardware; Laboratories; MAPPING; Nuclear physics; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; Online systems; Optical computing; Optical fibers; Optical films; Optical imaging; Optical sensors; Particle accelerators; PHOTOMETRY; Physics; READOUT SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES 661300 > Other Aspects of Physical Science > (1992-); SPECTROSCOPY; UNIVERSE; Computers; Real time systems; Proceedings; Instrumentation; Sky surveys; Data acquisition systems
• ISSN: 0018-9499; 1558-1578
• DOI: 10.1109/23.281468

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an astrophysics project to produce a three dimensional map of a quarter of the Universe. We present a description of the SDSS prototype, the Drift Scan Camera (DSC) online system, which is operational and currently being deployed. We also present the status of the development of the SDSS online system. The hardware and software architectures for both systems are provided.< >