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Mapping the heavens

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, , Citation Xiaohui Fan and David Law 2017 Phys. World 30 (1) 48 DOI 10.1088/2058-7058/30/1/48

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1 A professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, US.

2 An assistant astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, US

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Abstract

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has been working since the start of the millennium to create a "map" of the universe. During that time, hundreds of astronomers have built their careers on its data. Here, two of them, Xiaohui Fan and David Law, reflect on how the collaboration shaped their development as researchers

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