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The LVM footprint. Overlaid on a low-resolution...

The LVM footprint. Overlaid on a low-resolution all-sky Hα map (D. P. Finkbeiner 2003), ...

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Stellar astrophysical targets in the MWM: the G...

Stellar astrophysical targets in the MWM: the Gaia (Bp − Rp) color and absolute Gaia G m...

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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SDSS-V’s MWM planned epochs shown on the H-R di...

SDSS-V’s MWM planned epochs shown on the H-R diagram. Each of the three panels shows tar...

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Resolving nebular ISM structures with LVM. Imag...

Resolving nebular ISM structures with LVM. Images show false-color optical (V-band) and ...

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SDSS-V’s stellar companion mass sensitivity. Th...

SDSS-V’s stellar companion mass sensitivity. The 3σ detection limit as a function of sem...

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CMD and color–color diagram of eROSITA-selected...

CMD and color–color diagram of eROSITA-selected Galactic targets. The CMD is based on Ga...

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FPS focal plane configuration. Left: Sloan FPS ...

FPS focal plane configuration. Left: Sloan FPS unit, with yellow dust caps installed on ...

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Overview of the LVM-I. Each of the four telesco...

Overview of the LVM-I. Each of the four telescopes uses a siderostat in alt–alt configur...

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SDSS-V Wide-Field Corrector for the 2.5 m at AP...

SDSS-V Wide-Field Corrector for the 2.5 m at APO. A new corrector was required for the S...

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Representative luminosity and redshift coverage...

Representative luminosity and redshift coverage of core BHM time-domain (left) and X-ray...

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Sky distribution of all BHM (and Galactic X-ray...

Sky distribution of all BHM (and Galactic X-ray-emitting) targets. Top left panel: QSO t...

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Schematic of the innermost regions around a qua...

Schematic of the innermost regions around a quasar’s central SMBH: the X-ray corona, acc...

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A schematic representation of SDSS-V: an all-sk...

A schematic representation of SDSS-V: an all-sky, multiepoch spectroscopic facility and ...

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Evolution of SDSS in-plane Galactic target dens...

Evolution of SDSS in-plane Galactic target density: target surface density of the APOGEE...

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MWM on-sky target density. These plots show the...

MWM on-sky target density. These plots show the on-sky distribution of targets expected ...

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Target density of SDSS-V’s two MOS mappers. The...

Target density of SDSS-V’s two MOS mappers. The MOS target densities (MWM and BHM) acros...

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Ratio of MWM to BHM targets across the sky in G...

Ratio of MWM to BHM targets across the sky in Galactic coordinates. This ratio highlight...

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Architecture of the LVM telescopes. Note that t...

Architecture of the LVM telescopes. Note that the Science and two Sky telescopes contain...

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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The LVM Fiber System. The four fiber bundles co...

The LVM Fiber System. The four fiber bundles coming from the IFUs (right) enter the “Sor...

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IFU layout showing the allocation to each of th...

IFU layout showing the allocation to each of the three spectrographs. The larger Science...

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3D rendering of the optomechanics of one spectr...

3D rendering of the optomechanics of one spectrograph (left) and schematic optical path ...

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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LVM-I software subsystem architecture. See Sect...

LVM-I software subsystem architecture. See Section 6.3 for details.

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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SDSS-V’s organizational structure. The shaded c...

SDSS-V’s organizational structure. The shaded colored boxes show the SDSS-V Management C...

Juna A. Kollmeier et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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The distribution of the 3D filament catalog on ...

The distribution of the 3D filament catalog on the GALFA-HI survey area with the color s...

M. E. Putman et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 2

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The velocity width distribution (log scale) for...

The velocity width distribution (log scale) for the local, disk–halo, and other (uncateg...

M. E. Putman et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 2

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