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Paper: Impact of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey on Variable Star Research
Volume: 203, The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research, IAU Colloquium 176
Page: 68
Authors: Ivezić, ž.; Goldston, J.; Finlator, K.; Knapp, J.; Yanny, B.; The SDSS Collaboration
Abstract: We present the results of a preliminary search for variable objects in about 100 deg2 of SDSS commissioning data surveyed twice with Δ t=1.99462 days. In particular, we find that the density of RR Lyrae star candidates abruptly ends at a galactocentric radius of 50-60 kpc.
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