James Gunn (astronomer)
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James Edward Gunn is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University. Gunn's early theoretical work in astronomy has helped establish the current understanding of how galaxies form,
James E. Gunn (2000 photo)
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is a major multi-spectral imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey using a dedicated 2.5-m wide-angle optical telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, United
James Gunn (astronomer)
…major observational projects. He developed plans for one of the first uses of digital camera technology for space observation, a project that led to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the most extensive three-dimensional mapping of the universe ever undertaken. He also played a major role with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera on…
NGC 5681, a galaxy that was imaged during the survey
SDSS imaging camera
SDSS spectroscope cartridge
Aluminum plate close-up showing optical fibers