II. User's Guide to the 2MASS All-Sky Data Release


6. Ancillary Files

h. Image Anomalies

Table 1c: Meteor trails

The code (Cde) is as follows --
 
   b - backgrounding problems
   c - cosmic ray
   e - electronic artifact
   g - glint from edge of chip
   i - insect trail
   m - meteor trail
   r - reflection artifact from bright star
   s - satellite trail

Key refers to the cntr in coadd_dat (the "coadd_key").
 
 Date   H Scn Img Cde   Key    Description
 ------ - --- --- --- -------  -----------
 971027 n 064 009  m   147799  pieces in NE quadrant of coadd
 980330 s 034 092  m  1531670  faint, complete streak in N half of coadd
 980403 s 009 245  m  1531959  very bright streak in S half of coadd
 980418 n 052 126  m   314904  bright streak in NW quadrant
 980427 n 083 103  m   324148  streak in N half of coadd
 980429 n 026 173  m   334872  very bright trail in NW corner
 980605 n 070 091  m   388409  partial meteor blanking at H and Ks along Dec=+43:56
 980617 n 042 091  m   434110  streak in S half of coadd
 980711 s 023 257  m    22884  small piece left near E edge (I don't see it, though)
 980726 s 022 257  m    49679  small J and H pieces near S edge
 980726 s 022 267  m    49680  pieces near N edge
 980804 s 039 267  m  1629573  very faint and in N half of coadd
 980903 s 045 068  m    53228  bright streak in SW quadrant
 980930 s 056 068  m  1655201  bright piece remains in NW corner
 981007 n 141 068  m   497910  extremely bright meteor in NE section of coadd
 981007 n 141 079  m   497911  extremely bright meteor in extreme SE corner
 981007 s 040 139  m   277438  short streak near E edge toward coadd's center
 981007 s 085 021  m   278049  faint streak in NW quadrant of coadd
 981011 n 131 056  m   552373  small piece left over in H band in N half of coadd
 981019 s 067 233  m   129303  faint streak near middle of coadd
 981019 s 071 127  m   129386  faint streak in NW quadrant
 981019 s 081 209  m   129485  faint streak near N edge
 981019 s 112 198  m   129921  faint streak cutting across SW corner
 981019 s 112 209  m   129922  faint streak cutting across NE corner
 981019 s 113 257  m   129949  faint streak cutting across NW corner
 981019 s 113 267  m   129950  faint streak in S half of coadd
 981019 s 125 044  m   130069  faint streak in E half of coadd
 981101 s 038 198  m   170309  faint streak in S half of coadd
 981102 s 026 233  m   156006  faint streak in N half of coadd
 981102 s 038 150  m   156137  faint streak crossing middle of coadd
 981102 s 066 221  m   156511  faint streak in NW quadrant
 981102 s 079 245  m   156674  faint streak near N edge
 981102 s 083 221  m   156764  faint streak in S half of coadd
 981115 s 100 033  m   197205  faint streak in H half of coadd
 981123 n 102 197  m   578237  small pieces left along S edge
 981123 n 102 209  m   578238  small pieces left along N edge
 981209 n 032 244  m   621987  multiple trail almost E-W crosses near center of coadd
 981228 s 014 127  m   298712  bright broken streak in SW quadrant
 990104 s 059 257  m  1607262  piece of curved trail left near coadd center
 990113 n 070 056  m   665740  faint trail remains near S edge
 990113 s 096 092  m   389582  pieces in NW quadrant
 990118 s 089 221  m   340557  short pieces remain along S edge
 990118 s 089 233  m   340558  short pieces remain along N edge
 990130 n 072 197  m   664556  faint trail remains near coadd center
 990212 s 086 103  m   393240  remnants of long meteor trail along eastern side
 990214 n 110 080  m  1603613  faint streak in NW corner
 990214 s 048 080  m   399448  streak along W edge
 990318 s 013 267  m   455032  bright broken trail in NE quadrant
 990320 s 123 198  m   458085  pieces of bright trail remain along W edge
 990514 n 095 266  m   832600  faint trail in SE quadrant
 990609 n 014 220  m   905483  very faint trail near coadd center
 990708 s 053 233  m   638960  very bright trail across NW corner
 990708 s 053 245  m   638961  bright streak across bottom two-thirds of coadd
 990810 s 106 021  m   846494  multiple streaks from very bright meteor near S edge
 990810 s 106 033  m   846495  multiple streaks from very bright meteor near N edge
 990915 s 123 209  m   671802  faint, running horizontally across coadd's middle
 991012 s 099 257  m   775789  faint streak diagonally crossing center of coadd
 991028 s 020 267  m   818087  broad persistence trail remains along E edge
 991114 s 117 139  m   875668  piece of trail remains along western edge
 991121 s 115 174  m   873992  faint pieces remain just S of coadd center
 000104 s 032 033  m   921061  faint trail remains along western edge
 000120 s 049 198  m   980231  obvious streak at J and H, less so at Ks; NW quadrant
 000122 s 032 056  m   992938  horizontal streak (satellite?) broken into small bits in center of coadd
 000123 s 033 044  m   998457  broken streak along northern edge
 000123 s 033 056  m   998458  broken streak near southern edge
 000124 s 031 221  m   969515  horizontal broken streak in SE quadrant
 000206 s 097 044  m  1015937  horizontal broken streak in SW quadrant
 000206 s 097 139  m  1015945  nearly vertical intact streak in center of coadd
 000216 s 058 245  m  1053743  bright streak in E half of coadd
 000226 s 027 139  m  1107899  small (J-only?) piece at 151.261602, 9.009056
 000226 s 028 139  m  1107922  broken streak in NE quadrant
 000310 n 073 068  m  1263005  faint trail diagonally crossing N part of coadd
 000315 s 114 115  m  1083402  broken streak in NE quadrant
 000316 s 058 209  m  1093990  long, barely broken streak in S half of coadd
 000316 s 058 221  m  1093991  broken streak in NE corner
 000330 s 089 198  m  1198041  broken streak in SW quadrant
 000331 s 115 056  m  1188461  tiny pieces left near S edge
 000404 s 068 209  m  1120463  small pieces left near S edge
 000412 s 114 174  m  1208481  bright pieces in NE corner
 000514 n 043 162  m  1358693  pieces in SE quadrant
 000729 s 063 221  m  1294850  long double trail traverses N half of coadd
 000729 s 154 092  m  1295943  pieces of trail remain in NE corner of coadd
 000808 s 155 056  m  1229102  horizontal broken streak in S half of coadd
 000903 s 060 127  m  1370397  very faint trail near middle of coadd toward E edge
 000925 s 096 150  m  1404048  broken streak along S edge
 000925 s 096 162  m  1404049  broken streak near N edge
 001011 s 118 080  m  1444108  small piece on W edge in SW quadrant
 001126 n 056 021  m  1546499  very faint trail in N half of coadd
 010118 s 066 127  m  1502463  long streak in NE quadrant

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