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Lee, Y.; De Lee, N.; Beers, T. C.; Smith, H.; Wilhelm, R.; Allende Prieto, C.; Yanny, B.; Rockosi, C.; Newberg, H. J.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #23.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1381
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2004
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Description
The Sloan Digitized Sky Survey (SDSS) and the proposed Sloan Extension
for Galactic Understanding and Evolution (SEGUE) offer a unprecedented
stellar database with which to explore the properties of the thin disk,
thick disk, and halo of the Galaxy. To make full use of the information
contained in the available spectra and photometry, we require external
checks on determinations of radial velocity, temperature, surface
gravity, and metal abundance for stars in the SDSS/SEGUE database. One
useful approach is to make use of the large number of globular cluster
stars that have been (or will be) observed in SDSS/SEGUE.
As examples, we present color-magnitude diagrams, in the SDSS ugriz
system, for four galactic globular clusters, M 2, M 13, M 15, and NGC
2419, based on photometry reported in the third SDSS public data
release, DR-3. These data are compared with recent isochrones suitable
for old, metal-poor clusters of the halo population.
In addition, as part of tests being conducted for SEGUE, we have
obtained medium-resolution (2.3 Å ) spectra for some 30 likely
members of the cluster M 15. These data are used to provide an
independent check on the accuracy with which we can estimate the radial
velocities and atmospheric parameters (Teff, log g, [Fe/H])
for SDSS stars that will be obtained during the course of SEGUE.
This work received partial funding support from grant PHY 02-16783,
Physics Frontier Centers/JINA: Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics,
awarded by the US National Science Foundation. C.R. acknowledges support
from NASA grant HST-HF-01143.01-A.