The SDSS SkyServer: Public Access to the Sloan Digital Sky Server Data
Alexander S. Szalay, Jim Gray, Ani R. Thakar, Peter Z. Kunszt, Tanu, Malik, Jordan Raddick, Christopher Stoughton, Jan vandenBerg
TL;DR
The SDSS SkyServer offers public internet access to Sloan Digital Sky Survey data, supporting astronomical research and education, with a focus on its architecture, operational experience, and database performance testing.
Contribution
This paper introduces the SkyServer system, detailing its architecture, operational experience, and its role as a test platform for database research using SDSS data.
Findings
Successful public access to SDSS data via SkyServer
Effective architecture supporting large-scale astronomical data
SkyServer as a platform for database algorithm testing
Abstract
The SkyServer provides Internet access to the public Sloan Digi-tal Sky Survey (SDSS) data for both astronomers and for science education. This paper describes the SkyServer goals and archi-tecture. It also describes our experience operating the SkyServer on the Internet. The SDSS data is public and well-documented so it makes a good test platform for research on database algorithms and performance.
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