SDSS SQL

I spent the day reminding myself how TROTW (the rest of the world) accesses the SDSS data—through a public SQL server setup. We at NYU, of course, keep and spin our own copy of the entire data set down to raw (almost), so I haven't had to use the public SQL stuff for more than five years. It works beautifully and it is fast, so I think this will be fun. I am in Heidelberg for the month working on Milky Way substructure with Hans-Walter Rix (MPIA) and his group.