The Sloan Digital Sky Survey
A project run by the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC)
Goal: To create a detailed multicolor map of the Northern Sky over 5 years, with a budget of approximately $80M
Data Size: 40 TB raw, 1 TB processed
The University of Chicago Princeton University The Johns Hopkins University The University of Washington Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory US Naval Observatory The Japanese Participation Group The Institute for Advanced Study
SLOAN Foundation, NSF, DOE, NASA