Siena ALFALFA Project
General Information about ALFALFA
Be sure to read the information in this section.
Siena's ALFALFA Target: MKW 10
MATLAB
We will use MATLAB for calculations, eto help visualize our data, and to make plots.
IDL
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- Read about the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in order to answer these questions. Some useful links
are given here:
Main SDSS site        
DR6 site       
Imaging camera parameters and description
- a. What is the operational status of the SDSS?
- b. What are the central wavelengths of the filters used to produce SDSS images?
- c. Why is it useful to obtain images in 5 filters simultaneously?
- d. Over what portion of the galaxy is the spectrum obtained? Why might that be important?
- Galaxies Tutorial
Useful Links
- ADS
- NED - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
Student Pages