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Instructions for how to search and download SDSS data at MAST.


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This article describes how to search and download SDSS data at MAST.

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Available SDSS Data Products at MAST

MAST's collection of SDSS data products includes images, spectra, and catalogs.   MAST archives the original SDSS imaging and spectra from DR9, all final data products released in SDSS-IV DR17, and all final data products from SDSS-V DR22. MAST does not archive the raw and intermediate data from SDSS. Search for available SDSS data products in the table below. See each individual survey page for details on specific data products. 

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Methods of Accessing SDSS Data at MAST

MAST Portal

The MAST Portal is a web-based search interface for querying all data at MAST. See the SDSS in the MAST Portal guide for information on searching and downloading SDSS data using the MAST Portal. In an Advanced Search, search for Mission="SDSS" to view all SDSS data, or use the Provenance Name filter to search for specific SDSS surveys (for example, "APOGEE" or "eBOSS"). You can also search for a target name ("M101") or by coordinates ("14h03m12.6s +54d20m56.7s") to search for specific targets. An example portal search of SDSS data  is shown in Figure 1.

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Figure 1 - A screenshot of  a MAST Portal search for  SDSS observations. 

astroquery.mast

The Python package astroquery.mast can be used to programmatically search and download data from MAST. See the SDSS astroquery.mast page for instructions and example code for how to search and download SDSS data using astroquery. Several example Juptyer Notebook tutorials are also available as examples of how to access SDSS data at MAST using astroquery.

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