Value Added Catalogs

In addition to the primary SDSS photometry and spectroscopy, there are a few extra catalogs created by our collaborators that are distributed through the SAS. These Value-Added Catalogs (VACs) are listed below, and include catalogs that were released in earlier data releases.

eFEDS Spectral Compilation VAC

Scientific Analysis Catalog
BHM
QSO
STAR
GAL
CAS
DR18
Andrea Merloni et al.
Catalog of updated redshifts and classifications for eFEDS targets

Swift-MaNGA Value Added Catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXIES
DR17DR15
Mallory Molina et al.
Catalog of SWIFT UV photometry and resolution-matched images and spectral property maps for a subset of MaNGA DR17 galaxies.

MaStar Photometry Crossmatch VAC

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaStar
STAR
CAS
DR17
Renbin Yan and the MaStar Team
Crossmatch catalog of MaStar targets with photometry from Gaia DR2, Gaia EDR3, PanSTARRS-1, and 2MASS, and spectral type information from Simbad.

MaNGA Pipe3D value added catalog: Spatially resolved and integrated properties of galaxies for DR17

Alternative Pipeline Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
CAS
Marvin
DR17DR15DR14
S.F.Sanchez and the IA-MaNGA team
Catalog containing stellar population and emission line properties (integrated, characteristic and gradients) for DR17 MaNGA galaxies, as measured by the IFU analysis code Pipe3D.

APOGEE Globular Cluster members catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17
Ricardo Schiavon et al.
A catalog of globular cluster members for APOGEE DR17

The MaNGA AGN Catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
DR17
Julia M.Comerford et al.
Catalog of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the MaNGA survey based on WISE, SWIFT/BAT, NVSS/FIRST and SDSS observations. A galaxy merger catalog accompanying this VAC is available separately.

Cosmic web environmental densities from MCPM SlimeMold

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
CAS
DR17
Joseph N. Burchett et al.
Cosmic Web Environmental Densities from Monte Carlo Physarum Machine for galaxies observed in SDSS and eBOSS

APOGEE on FIRE Simulation Mocks

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17
Farnik Nikakhtar et al.
Mock catalogs of FIRE simulations with APOGEE-2 specific properties

GEMA-VAC: Galaxy Environment for MaNGA Value Added Catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
Marvin
DR17DR15
Maria Argudo-Fernandez et al.
Catalog of environment characterisations for the MaNGA DR17 sample.

Galaxy Zoo classifications for MaNGA galaxies

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
CAS
Marvin
DR17DR15
Tobias Géron et al.
Catalog of Galaxy Zoo morphologies for MaNGA galaxies.

APOGEE DR17 StarHorse distances, extinctions, and stellar parameters

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
CAS
DR17DR16
Anna Queiroz et al.
Catalog of distances, extinctions, and stellar parameters of APOGEE DR17 stars combined with Gaia EDR3, derived with the Bayesian isochrone-fitting code StarHorse.

MaNGA Dwarf Galaxy Sample (MaNDala)

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
DR17
M. Cano Díaz et al.
Catalog of dwarf galaxies observed in MaNGA

HI-MaNGA DR3

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
CAS
Marvin
DR17DR15
David Stark, Karen Masters, and the rest of the HI-MaNGA team
Catalog of HI (21 cm neutral hydrogen) follow-up for MaNGA galaxies.

MaStar Stellar Parameters VAC

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaStar
STAR
CAS
DR17
Renbin Yan et al.
Catalog of stellar parameters derived from the MaStar Stellar Library

BACCHUS Analysis of Weak Lines in APOGEE Spectra (BAWLAS)

Alternative Pipeline Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17
Thomas Masseron et al.
Supplemental Catalog of Neutron Capture and other weak-lined Element Abundances for APOGEE DR17, derived with BACCHUS

MaNGA Firefly Stellar Populations

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
CAS
Marvin
DR17DR15DR14
Justus Neumann et al.
Catalog of stellar population properties of MaNGA galaxies, as measured by the FIREFLY spectral fitting code

The astroNN catalog of abundances, distances, and ages for APOGEE DR17 stars

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17DR16
Henry Leung et al.
Stellar and orbital parameters for APOGEE DR17 stars, derived with the astroNN deep-learning code.

APOGEE Red-Clump (RC) Catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17DR16DR14DR13DR12DR11
Jo Bovy
Catalog of red clump stars in the APOGEE sample.

MaNGA Strong Gravitational Lens Candidates

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
DR17
Michael S. Talbot and Joel R. Brownstein
Catalog of MaNGA strong lensing candidates

MaNGA Spectroscopic Redshifts

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
DR17DR15
Michael S. Talbot and Joel R. Brownstein
Catalog of spectroscopic redshifts per spectrum for MaNGA DR17 galaxies

Galaxy Zoo 3D

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
Marvin
DR17
Karen Masters et al.
Crowdsourcing the identification of internal structure and foreground stars in MaNGA bundles

MaNGA Visual Morphologies from SDSS and DESI images

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
Marvin
DR17DR15
J. A. Vazquez-Mata and H. M. Hernandez-Toledo
Visual morphological classification of DR17 MaNGA galaxies based on DESI images

DistMass: Distances, masses, and ages for APOGEE DR17

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17
Alexander Stone-Martinez and Jon Holtzman
Parameter based distances and masses for APOGEE DR17 stars, using simple neural networks

eBOSS ELG-LAE Strong Lensing Catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
DR16
Yiping Shu et al.
Catalog of emission line galaxies - Lyman alpha emitters lensing candidates.

APOGEE Net: a unified spectral model

Alternative Pipeline Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17
Dani Sprague et al.
Predicted stellar parameters for APOGEE spectra derived with a convolutional neural network.

Double lined spectroscopic binaries in APOGEE

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17
Marina Kounkel et al.
Catalog of double-lined spectroscopid binaries in DR17 APOGEE spectra

MaNGA PCA VAC

Alternative Pipeline Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
DR17DR15
Zachary Pace et al.
Catalog of stellar masses obtained with Principle Component Analysis (PCA) of MaNGA spectra

MaNGA Morphology Deep Learning DR17 catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
Marvin
DR17DR15
Helena Domínguez Sanchez et al.
Catalog of morphologies based on deep learning models for MaNGA DR17 galaxies.

MaNGA PyMorph DR17 photometric catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
Marvin
DR17DR15
Berta Margalef Bentabol et al.
Photometric parameters for MaNGA DR17 galaxies using the PyMorph algorithm.

Orbital parameter samplings of APOGEE-2 stars from The Joker

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17DR16
Adrian M. Price-Whelan
Catalog with posterior samplings in Keplerian orbital parameters for APOGEE-2 DR17 stars, derived with The Joker.

Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR17DR16DR14
Natalie Myers et al.
Open Cluster Chemical Abundance and Mapping catalog based on APOGEE-2 DR17

eBOSS DR16 LSS multi-tracer EZmock catalogues

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
QSO
DR16
Cheng Zhao et al.
EZmock catalogues for eBOSS DR16 Large Scale Structre tracers

Lyman-alpha catalog for DR16 clustering studies

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
QSO
DR16
Hélion du Mas des Bourboux et al.
Catalog of fluctuations of the Lyman-alpha transmitted flux fraction in the Lyman-alpha and Lyman-beta spectral regions in BOSS and eBOSS spectra, as used for the DR16 BAO measurement.

SPIDERS X-ray galaxy cluster catalogue for DR16

Scientific Analysis Catalog
SPIDERS
GALAXY
DR16DR14
Nicolas Clerc et al.
Catalog of X-ray detected galaxy clusters, confirmed spectroscopically with SPIDERS DR16 data

Optical Emission Line Properties and Black Hole Mass Estimates for SPIDERS SDSS DR16 AGN

Scientific Analysis Catalog
SPIDERS
QSO
CAS
DR16DR14
Damien Coffey et al.
Catalog of spectral properties of X-ray selected SPIDERS AGN, including X-ray fluxes and black hole mass estimates.

Multi-wavelength properties of XMM-Slew Survey sources

Scientific Analysis Catalog
SPIDERS
GALAXY
DR16DR14
Mara Salvato et al.
Multi-wavelength characterization of active galactic nuclei (AGN) from the XMM-Slew Survey, based on X-ray, optical, infra-red and radio data.

Multiwavelength properties of RASS sources

Scientific Analysis Catalog
SPIDERS
GALAXY
DR16DR14
Mara Salvato et al.
Multi-wavelength characterization of active galactic nuclei (AGN) from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey, based on X-ray, optical, infra-red and radio data.

Classification of intermediate redshift emission line galaxies

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
DR16
Kai Zhang et al.
Catalog with classifications of eBOSS z<0.8 emission line galaxies.

PawlikMorph catalog of galaxy morphologies

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
CAS
DR15
Vivienne Wild et al.
Catalog of morpologies for MaNGA galaxies determined by PawlikMorph

eBOSS Strong Gravitational Lens Detection Catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
DR16
Michael Talbot and Joel Brownstein
Catalog of eBOSS strong lensing detections and candidate systems

eBOSS DR16 Large-scale structure quasar catalogs

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
QSO
DR16DR14
Ashley Ross et al.
Large-scale structure catalog based on eBOSS DR16 quasars.

eBOSS DR16 Large-scale structure LRG catalogs

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
DR16DR14
Ashley Ross et al.
Large-scale structure catalog based on eBOSS DR16 luminous red galaxies.

Firefly Stellar Population Models of SDSS and eBOSS galaxy spectra

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
CAS
DR16DR14
Johan Comparat and Claudia Maraston et al.
Catalog of stellar population properties of eBOSS and SDSS galaxies, as measured by the FIREFLY spectral fitting code

NASA-Sloan Atlas Images

Scientific Analysis Catalog
MaNGA
GALAXY
DR13
Michael R. Blanton
Galaxy image catalog based on SDSS and GALEX imaging.

eBOSS DR16 Large-scale structure ELG catalogs

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
DR16
Ashley Ross et al.
Large-scale structure catalog based on DR16 emission line galaxies.

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalogue: Sixteenth Data Release (DR16Q)

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
QSO
DR16DR14DR12DR10DR9
Brad W. Lyke and Adam D. Myers
Catalog of quasars in DR16, including multi-epoch spectroscopy.

WISE Forced Photometry

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
STAR
GALAXY
CAS
DR13
Dustin Lang et al.
Catalog of SDSS and WISE sources, matched using forced photometry.

Redshift Measurement and Spectral Classification Catalog with Redmonster

Alternative Pipeline Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
QSO
DR14DR13
Timothy A. Hutchinson et al.
Catalog of luminous red galaxies (LRG) redshifts, derived with redmonster software.

APOGEE DR14-Based Distance Estimations

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR14
Kaike Pan et al.
Distance estimations for APOGEE-2 DR14 stars, from four independent distance determination methods

DR14 APOGEE-TGAS Catalogue

Scientific Analysis Catalog
APOGEE-2
STAR
DR14
F. Anders et al.
Astro-spectrophotometric distances, extinctions and orbit parameters for stars in the overlap sample between APOGEE and TGAS.

The Brightest Cluster Galaxies properties of SPIDERS X-ray galaxy clusters

Scientific Analysis Catalog
SPIDERS
GALAXY
DR14
Ghazaleh Erfanianfar et al.
Catalog and properties of Brightest Cluster Galaxies in SPIDERS X-ray galaxy clusters

The SDSS-IV Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Emission Line Galaxy Target Catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
DR14
J. Comparat et al.
Catalog of south galactic cap Emission Line Galaxies used for eBOSS target selection.

Composite Spectra of Quasars Binned on Spectroscopic Parameters from DR12Q

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
QSO
DR14
Trey W. Jensen et al.
Catalog of high signal-to-noise composite quasar spectra, binned on luminosity, spectral index and redshift, based on the DR12 BOSS quasar catalog.

The SPIDERS-Clusters demonstration sample catalogue

Scientific Analysis Catalog
SPIDERS
GALAXY
DR13
N. Clerc for SPIDERS
Catalog of X-ray detected galaxy clusters, confirmed spectroscopically with DR12 SEQUELS SPIDERS data

Composite Spectra of Emission-line Galaxies from eBOSS

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
DR13
Guangtun Zhu and the eBOSS collaboration
Catalog of composite spectra from pilot ELG survey.

SPIDERS target selection catalogues

Scientific Analysis Catalog
SPIDERS
GALAXY
DR13
SPIDERS team et al.
AGN and galaxy cluster candidates target catalogue for SPIDERS.

QSO variability

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
QSO
CAS
DR13
Eric Armengaud et al.
Variability information for eBOSS quasar targets.

ELG Fisher selection catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
eBOSS
GALAXY
DR13
Timothée Delubac et al.
Catalogs of photometrically-selected Emission Line Galaxies (ELGs) at z ≈ 0.8.

Photometry of crowded fields in SDSS for galactic globular and open clusters

Scientific Analysis Catalog
SEGUE
STAR
DR7
Deokkeun An et al.
Photometry of crowded fields in SDSS for galactic globular and open clusters.

MPA-JHU Stellar Masses

Scientific Analysis Catalog
Legacy
GALAXY
DR8
Guinevere Kauffmann
Galaxy properties of DR8 spectra, based on Galspec by MPA-JHU.

SEGUE Duplicate Observations Catalog

Scientific Analysis Catalog
SEGUE
STAR
DR8
Young Sun Lee
List of identifiers for repeat SEGUE observations.

Photometric Redshift Distributions

Scientific Analysis Catalog
BOSS
GALAXY
DR13
Erin S. Sheldon et al.
Redshift probability distributions derived with weighting techniques for photometrically detected galaxies.

XDQSO

Scientific Analysis Catalog
BOSS
QSO
DR13DR12DR10DR9DR8
Jo Bovy et al.
Quasar probability distributions for target selection in color-color space, based on extreme deconvolution methods.

Large Scale Structure Galaxy Catalogs

Scientific Analysis Catalog
BOSS
GALAXY
DR12DR10DR9
Beth Reid et al.
Catalogs of Large Scale Structure (LSS) based on the BOSS galaxies samples in DR12.

Portsmouth Spectro-Photometric Model Fitting

Scientific Analysis Catalog
BOSS
GALAXY
CAS
DR12DR11DR10DR9
Claudia Maraston et al.
Stellar masses of BOSS galaxies based on Portsmouth spectral energy distribution fitting.

Portsmouth Stellar Kinematics and Emission Line Fluxes

Scientific Analysis Catalog
BOSS
GALAXY
CAS
DR12DR11DR10DR9
D. Thomas et al.
Stellar kinematics and emission line fluxes of BOSS galaxies, derived by the Portsmouth group.

Wisconsin PCA-based Stellar Masses and Velocity Dispersions

Scientific Analysis Catalog
BOSS
GALAXY
CAS
DR12DR11DR10DR9
Yan-Mei Chen et al.
Galaxy properties based on principal component analysis from the Wisconsin group for BOSS galaxies.

Granada FSPS Stellar Masses

Scientific Analysis Catalog
BOSS
GALAXY
CAS
DR12DR11DR10
Antonio Montero-Dorta
Galaxy stellar masses based on Flexible Stellar Population Synthesis by the Granada group, for BOSS galaxies.

Value-added catalog list last modified: 2024-07-08 11:06:12

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