Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: mapping the Milky Way, nearby galaxies, and the distant universe

We describe the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV), a project encompassing three major spectroscopic programs. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2) is observing hundreds of thousands of Milky Way stars at high resolution and high signal-to-noise ratios in the ne...

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Main Authors:	Blanton, Michael R., Bershady, Matthew A., Abolfathi, Bela, Albareti, Franco D., Prieto, Carlos Allende, Almeida, Andres, Alonso-García, Javier, Anders, Friedrich, Anderson, Scott F., Andrews, Brett, Aquino-Ortíz, Erik, Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso, Argudo-Fernandez, Maria, Armengaud, Eric, Aubourg, Eric, Avila-Reese, Vladimir, Badenes, Carles, Bailey, Stephen, Barger, Kathleen A., Barrera-Ballesteros, Jorge, Bartosz, Curtis, Bates, Dominic, Baumgarten, Falk, Bautista, Julian, Beaton, Rachael, Beers, Timothy C., Belfiore, Francesco, Bender, Chad F., Berlind, Andreas A., Bernardi, Mariangela, Beutler, Florian, Bird, Jonathan C., Bizyaev, Dmitry, Blanc, Guillermo A., Blomqvist, Michael, Bolton, Adam S., Boquien, Médéric, Borissova, Jura, van den Bosch, Remco, Bovy, Jo, Brandt, William N., Brinkmann, Jonathan, Brownstein, Joel R., Bundy, Kevin, Burgasser, Adam J., Burtin, Etienne, Busca, Nicolás G., Cappellari, Michele, Carigi, Maria Leticia Delgado, Carlberg, Joleen K., Rosell, Aurelio Carnero, Carrera, Ricardo, Chanover, Nancy J., Cherinka, Brian, Cheung, Edmond, Chew, Yilen Gómez Maqueo, Chiappini, Cristina, Choi, Peter Doohyun, Chojnowski, Drew, Chuang, Chia-Hsun, Chung, Haeun, Cirolini, Rafael Fernando, Clerc, Nicolas, Cohen, Roger E., Comparat, Johan, Costa, Luiz da, Cousinou, Marie-Claude, Covey, Kevin, Crane, Jeffrey D., Croft, Rupert A.C., Cruz-Gonzalez, Irene, Cuadra, Daniel Garrido, Cunha, Katia, Damke, Guillermo J., Darling, Jeremy, Davies, Roger, Dawson, Kyle, Macorra, Axel de la, Dell’Agli, Flavia, De Lee, Nathan, Delubac, Timothée, Di Mille, Francesco, Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M., Cano-Díaz, Mariana, Donor, John, Downes, Juan José, Drory, Niv, Bourboux, Hélion du Mas des, Duckworth, Christopher J., Dwelly, Tom, Dyer, Jamie, Ebelke, Garrett, Eigenbrot, Arthur D., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Emsellem, Eric, Eracleous, Mike, Escoffier, Stephanie, Evans, Michael L., Fan, Xiaohui, Fernández-Alvar, Emma, Fernandez-Trincado, J.G., Feuillet, Diane K., Finoguenov, Alexis, Fleming, Scott W., Font-Ribera, Andreu, Fredrickson, Alexander, Freischlad, Gordon, Frinchaboy, Peter M., Fuentes, Carla E., Galbany, Lluís, Garcia-Dias, R., García-Hernández, D.A., Gaulme, Patrick, Geisler, Doug, Gelfand, Joseph D., Gil-Marín, Héctor, Gillespie, Bruce A., Goddard, Daniel, Gonzalez-Perez, Violeta, Grabowski, Kathleen, Green, Paul J., Grier, Catherine J., Gunn, James E., Guo, Hong, Guy, Julien, Hagen, Alex, Hahn, ChangHoon, Hall, Matthew, Harding, Paul, Hasselquist, Sten, Hawley, Suzanne L., Hearty, Fred, Hernández, Jonay I. Gonzalez, Ho, Shirley, Hogg, David W., Holley-Bockelmann, Kelly, Holtzman, Jon A., Holzer, Parker H., Huehnerhoff, Joseph, Hutchinson, Timothy A., Hwang, Ho Seong, Ibarra-Medel, Héctor J., Ilha, Gabriele da Silva, Ivans, Inese I., Ivory, KeShawn, Jackson, Kelly, Jensen, Trey W., Johnson, Jennifer A., Jones, Amy, Jönsson, Henrik, Jullo, Eric, Kamble, Vikrant, Kinemuchi, Karen, Kirkby, David, Kitaura, Francisco-Shu, Klaene, Mark, Knapp, Gillian R., Kneib, Jean-Paul, Kollmeier, Juna A., Lacerna, Ivan, Lane, Richard R., Lang, Dustin, Law, David R., Lazarz, Daniel, Lee, Youngbae, Goff, Jean-Marc Le, Liang, Fu-Heng, Li, Cheng, Li, Hongyu, Lian, Jianhui, Lima, Marcos, Lin, Lihwai, Lin, Yen-Ting, Lis, Sara Bertran de, Liu, Chao, Lizaola, Miguel Angel C. de Icaza, Long, Dan, Lucatello, Sara, Lundgren, Britt, MacDonald, Nicholas K., Machado, Alice Deconto, MacLeod, Chelsea L., Mahadevan, Suvrath, Maia, Marcio Antonio Geimba, Maiolino, Roberto, Majewski, Steven R., Malanushenko, Elena, Malanushenko, Viktor, Manchado, Arturo, Mao, Shude, Maraston, Claudia, Marques-Chaves, Rui, Masseron, Thomas, Masters, Karen L., McBride, Cameron K., McDermid, Richard M., McGrath, Brianne, McGreer, Ian D., Medina Peña, Nicolás, Melendez, Matthew, Merloni, Andrea, Merrifield, Michael R., Meszaros, Szabolcs, Meza, Andres, Minchev, Ivan, Minniti, Dante, Miyaji, Takamitsu, More, Surhud, Mulchaey, John, Müller-Sánchez, Francisco, Muna, Demitri, Munoz, Ricardo R., Myers, Adam D., Nair, Preethi, Nandra, Kirpal, Nascimento, Janaina Correa do, Negrete, Alenka, Ness, Melissa, Newman, Jeffrey A., Nichol, Robert C., Nidever, David L., Nitschelm, Christian, Ntelis, Pierros, O’Connell, Julia E., Oelkers, Ryan J., Oravetz, Audrey, Oravetz, Daniel, Pace, Zach, Padilla, Nelson, Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie, Palicio, Pedro Alonso, Pan, Kaike, Parejko, John K., Parikh, Taniya, Pâris, Isabelle, Park, Changbom, Patten, Alim Y., Peirani, Sebastien, Pellejero-Ibanez, Marcos, Penny, Samantha, Percival, Will J., Perez-Fournon, Ismael, Petitjean, Patrick, Pieri, Matthew M., Pinsonneault, Marc, Pisani, Alice, Poleski, Radosław, Prada, Francisco, Prakash, Abhishek, Queiroz, Anna Bárbara de Andrade, Raddick, M. Jordan, Raichoor, Anand, Rembold, Sandro Barboza, Richstein, Hannah, Riffel, Rogemar A., Riffel, Rogério, Rix, Hans-Walter, Robin, Annie C., Rockosi, Constance M., Rodríguez-Torres, Sergio, Roman-Lopes, A., Román-Zúñiga, Carlos, Rosado, Margarita, Ross, Ashley J., Rossi, Graziano, Ruan, John, Ruggeri, Rossana, Rykoff, Eli S., Salazar-Albornoz, Salvador, Salvato, Mara, Sánchez, Ariel G., Aguado, D.S., Sánchez-Gallego, José R., Santana, Felipe A., Santiago, Basílio Xavier, Sayres, Conor, Schiavon, Ricardo P., Schimoia, Jaderson da Silva, Schlafly, Edward F., Schlegel, David J., Schneider, Donald P., Schultheis, Mathias, Schuster, William J., Schwope, Axel, Seo, Hee-Jong, Shao, Zhengyi, Shen, Shiyin, Shetrone, Matthew, Shull, Michael, Simon, Joshua D., Skinner, Danielle, Skrutskie, M.F., Slosar, Anže, Smith, Verne V., Sobeck, Jennifer S., Sobreira, Flavia, Somers, Garrett, Souto, Diogo, Stark, David V., Stassun, Keivan, Stauffer, Fritz, Steinmetz, Matthias, Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa, Streblyanska, Alina, Stringfellow, Guy S., Suárez, Genaro, Sun, Jing, Suzuki, Nao, Szigeti, Laszlo, Taghizadeh-Popp, Manuchehr, Tang, Baitian, Tao, Charling, Tayar, Jamie, Tembe, Mita, Teske, Johanna, Thakar, Aniruddha R., Thomas, Daniel, Thompson, Benjamin A., Tinker, Jeremy L., Tissera, Patricia, Tojeiro, Rita, Toledo, Hector Hernandez, Torre, Sylvain de la, Tremonti, Christy, Troup, Nicholas W., Valenzuela, Octavio, Valpuesta, Inma Martinez, Vargas-González, Jaime, Vargas-Magaña, Mariana, Vazquez, Jose Alberto, Villanova, Sandro, Vivek, M., Vogt, Nicole, Wake, David, Walterbos, Rene, Wang, Yuting, Weaver, Benjamin Alan, Weijmans, Anne-Marie, Weinberg, David H., Westfall, Kyle B., Whelan, David G., Wild, Vivienne, Wilson, John, Wood-Vasey, W.lM., Wylezalek, Dominika, Xiao, Ting, Yan, Renbin, Yang, Meng, Ybarra, Jason E., Yèche, Christophe, Zakamska, Nadia, Zamora, Olga, Zarrouk, Pauline, Zasowski, Gail, Zhang, Kai, Zhao, Gong-Bo, Zheng, Zheng, Zhou, Xu, Zhou, Zhi-Min, Zhu, Guangtun B., Zoccali, Manuela, Zou, Hu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Astronomical Society 2017
Subjects:	Cosmology: observations Galaxies: general Instrumentation Spectrographs Stars: general Surveys
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44234/