Software Pipelines

Current Pipelines

In SDSS-V DR20, we have data from the BOSS, APOGEE (unchanged from DR19), and LVMi instruments processed through several automated pipelines. The following table lists the current SDSS pipelines:

PipelineInstrumentMapper
APOGEE Reduction PipelineAPOGEEMWM
BOSS Reduction Pipeline (IDLspec2D)BOSSBHM, MWM
ASTRA Data Analysis PipelineBOSS+APOGEEMWM
LVM Data Reduction PipelineLVMiLVM
LVM Data Analysis PipelineLVMiLVM

Data Reduction Pipelines

SDSS spectra are generated by running raw data from the SDSS Observatories in the North and South through a series of data reductions, orchestrated by SDSS Pipelines. The following table lists each SDSS Data Reduction Pipeline (DRP), indicating whether it is current in SDSS-V or completed in a previous phase of SDSS:

Pipeline Survey Included in Data Releases
APOGEE Reduction Pipeline SDSS-V MWM DR19
SDSS-IV APOGEE-2 DR13 – DR17
SDSS-III APOGEE DR10 – DR12
BOSS Reduction Pipeline SDSS-V BHM DR18: eFEDS Spectra, DR19 – DR20
SDSS-V MWM DR19 – DR20
SDSS-IV eBOSS DR13 – DR17
SDSS-III BOSS DR9 – DR12
LVM Data Reduction Pipeline SDSS-V LVM

DR19 – DR20

MaNGA DRP SDSS-IV MaNGA DR13 – DR17
SDSS-IV MaStar DR15 – DR17
MARVELS Pipeline SDSS-III MARVELS DR11 – DR12

Data Analysis Pipelines

PipelineSurveyIncluded in Data Releases
LVM Data Analysis PipelineSDSS-V LVMDR20
ASTRASDSS-V MWMDR19 – DR20
ASPCAP PipelineSDSS-IV APOGEE-2DR13 – DR17
BOSS Galaxy PipelineSDSS-III BOSSDR9 – DR12
MaNGA DAPSDSS-IV MaNGADR15 – DR17
SEGUE Stellar Parameter PipelineSDSS-I/II SEGUE/SEGUE-2DR6 – DR7

Imaging Pipeline

The SDSS Imaging Pipeline was used in SDSS-I/II, and completed by DR8, with some corrections added to the astrometry algorithms in DR9, and to the photometric calibration definitions in DR13, and is included in all data releases through DR18.

Value-Added Catalogs

Members of the SDSS Collaboration that utilize the results of the data reduction and analysis pipelines have the opportunity to add their Value-Added Catalogs, listed here for each data release.

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