1. Research Astronomy In Southern NM: Insights From the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Jon Holtzman NMSU Department of Astronomy

2. Apache Point Observatory (+National Solar Observatory in back)

3. Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope SDSS I (2000-2005): Mapping the Universe / Properties of Galaxies SDSS II (2005-2008): Mapping the Milky Way halo / Searching for Supernova SDSS III (2008-2014): Distant galaxies / Milky Way disk / Survey for massive planets

4. Galaxies: building blocks of the Universe

5. Mapping the Universe in 3D: Images and Spectra

7. The Universe as a Sum of Waves

8. Ripples in the Universe

9. Distant quasars and the end of the Cosmic Dark Ages

10. The Halo of the Milky Way

11. Assembly of the Milky Way

12. Supernovae and Dark Energy

13. Discovering Solar System objects with the SDSS SN Survey ! Objects that move are nearby!

14. … and unusual ones!

15. In progress: BOSS -- ripples in distant galaxies Extending the 3D map to larger distances == farther back in time Use this to try to study the nature of dark energy

16. In progress: MARVELS -- a survey for extrasolar giant planets Measure velocities of 5000-10000 stars (60 at a time) 30 different times over two years Variations in velocity indicate the presence of planets Large sample of stars used to get better statistics on what types of stars have planets

17. Coming soon: APOGEE -- The Disk of the Milky Way High resolution infrared spectroscopy of 100,000 stars Measure abundances of 10-20 different elements Clues about star formation and history of star formation of the Milky Way