The clustering of the SDSS DR7 main Galaxy sample – I. A 4 per cent distance measure at z = 0.15

We create a sample of spectroscopically identified galaxies with z < 0.2 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 (DR7), covering 6813 deg 2 . Galaxies are chosen to sample the highest mass haloes, with an effective bias of 1.5, allowing us to construct 1000 mock galaxy catalogues (de... View More