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Paper: The SDSS Imaging Pipelines
Volume: 238, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems X
Page: 269
Authors: Lupton, R.; Gunn, J. E.; Ivezić, Z.; Knapp, G. R.; Kent, S.
Abstract: We summarise the properties of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) project, discuss our software infrastructure, and outline the architecture of the SDSS image processing pipelines. We then discuss two of the algorithms used in the SDSS image processing, the KL-transform based modelling of the spatial variation of the PSF, and the use of galaxy models in star/galaxy separation. We conclude with the first author's personal opinions on the challenges that the astronomical community faces with major software projects.
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