sdss.progress

Progress Reports

SDSS-IV (7/01/15 to current)
SDSS-III (7/15/08 to 6/30/14)
SDSS-II (8/16/06 to 7/15/08)
SDSS-I (1994 to 8/16/06)

This is our scrapbook of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) construction, installation, and operation images.

2.5m Telescope

20080723: M1 Removal/Shutdown; Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D
20080731: M1 Install/Shutdown
20081118: SDSS Exteriors
20090717: New Tile Control Room
20090915: SDSS Exteriors
20091014: 2.5m Ground Loop
20110719: Replace Observing Deck Underlayment
20150530: APOGEE - Chilean Group

Optics

20080716: M1 Lifting Fixture
20090715: Remove M1 - Part A, Part B, Part C
20090715: Clean M1
20100817: M1

APOGEE Instrument

20101208: UVa Construction
20110120: Site Construction
20110425: APOGEE DELIVERY, Part A, Part B, Part C
20120530: Mapping
20120530: Plate Plugging
20130919: APOGEE-south CDR
20140324: APOGEE-south CDR

BOSS Instrument

20090216: Mapping Station
20090216: Cartridge Manipulator
20090216: SDSS3 'Wookie' Lift
20090626: Camera Delivery
20090711: Plates
20090714: Red #1 Camera
20090723: Camera Optics
20090723: Cameras
20090729: Cartridge
20090804: Camera Electronics - Part A, Part B
20090916: First Light
20091117: BOSS Data Collection
20100412: NSF/DoE Review
20100429: BOSS Software Group
20100630: Plate and Wookie
20101206: Plate Plugging
20110326: BOSS Meeting, Part A, Part B, Part C
20120530: Mapping
20141203: 2014 EBOSS Meeting at APO

MaNGA Instrument

Spectrographs and Fiber System

SDSS Mosaic Camera

20080623: Camera Removal, Part A, Part B
20100630: Last Photos
20100630: Imager
20110610: Last Imager

SDSS-IIl Data

20081009: BOSS Software PDR