ASTRONOMY:
Amateur Sky Survey Keeps It Simple
Ann Finkbeiner
At the other end of the spectrum from the $54 million, 100-astronomer Sloan Digital Sky Survey is The Amateur Sky Survey (TASS): $50,000 so far, and 10 to 12 people from varying professions, scanning the sky for variable stars. About all TASS shares with the new large surveys is a fondness for acronyms and astronomy.