The DR2 contains that part of the SDSS imaging and spectroscopy
taken through July 2002. Here we give coverage plots and the
detailed coverage tables from which they were constructed.
Further below, we outline the future sky coverage of SDSS. The
survey terms are explained in the sections on imaging coverage
and spectroscopic coverage below. For data interfaces, see the
data For reference, the coverage tables describe the sky
coverage in terms of survey coordinates. To translate the sky
coverage into celestial coordinates, please refer to the
coordinates section of the EDR paper and the description below.
Note: The coverage tables, and a number of other files we
distribute, are given as ASCII parameter (.par) files. Note also
the list of list of quality "holes" (small areas of bad seeing
etc.) and missing data, the list of fields which are missing
only apparently (e.g., data from different runs were used in
target and best) and the list of differences in sky coverage
between target and best. Imaging coverage: