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SDSS quasar survey data

Source: R/data.R
sdss_quasar.Rd

Quasar photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey 3rd Data Release (n=46,420 quasars), used to demonstrate generalized additive models.

Usage

sdss_quasar

Format

A data frame with columns for redshift (z) and magnitude bands.

References

Weinstein MA, et al. (2004). An empirical algorithm for broadband photometric redshifts of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 155(2), 243.