SDSS DR12 Navigate Tool

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Select Image Source : SDSS 2MASS

Click, hold and drag to navigate!!

Shows plates (lavender) used to collect spectra

Shows masks (pink) around bright objects and data artifacts

Shows each SDSS field (~10x14 arcmin) in gray

Draws a rectangular box (pink) around each photometric object

Draws the outline (green) of each photometric object except at the largest zoom-out scales (where they are not legible)

Shows APOGEE DATA

Inverts black and white in the image

Marks spectroscopic objects with red squares

Marks photometrically identified objects with light blue circles

Information on the Navigation window view

Grid with tickmarks to show image scale

Mark various options on the image

Open a new window with a printable image

Get an image of the sky at the specified coordinates

Go to the Object Explorer

Go to the Image List

Go to the Finding Chart

View the tool tutorial (Flash)

Help on the current tool

SkyServer Home page

String of drawing options (checkboxes below)

Declination as decimal degrees or DD:MM:SS. Value is wrapped around the sphere.

Right ascension as decimal degrees or HH:MM:SS. Value is wrapped around the sphere.

Name of object to be resolved.

Go west

Go east

Go north

Go south

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