III. 2MASS Facilities and Operations


1. Facilities

b. Cameras and Detectors

iii. Operations and Maintenance

Table 4 - 2MASS Hardware and Operations Significant Events Log


Obs.   UT Date  Survey Day  Event

Both:  970301      1        Fiducial date for survey
       981218    659        Sampler Data Release
       990507    798        First Incremental Data Release
       000303   1099        Second Incremental Data Release
       000929   1309        All survey tiles scanned at least once
       001025   1335        Catalog quality data obtained for all survey scans
       010225   1458        Preliminary data processing complete
       020207   2017        Final data processing completed
       030325   2216        All-Sky Data Release
       061220   3582        Extended Mission Data Release

North: 970418     49        First light Mt. Hopkins
       970521     82        First survey mode data obtained
       970607     99        Camera rotated for optimal dither - First night 
			      of Northern Survey 
       970724    146        J-band Preamp changed
       970803    156        Last night before summer shutdown.  Camera warmed.
			      Flat/dark break.
       970828    181        First night of operations after summer shutdown -
			      test data only.  Integration times adjusted
			      to 52ms R1 and 1.298s R2-R1.
       970923    207        New J-band ADC-board installed.
       970925    209        ADC cable repaired.
       970927    211        New pointing model
       971011    225        First night of new calibration strategy (1/hour).
       971106    251        Focus mechanism failed.
       971107    252        Focus mechanism repaired.
       971224    299        Last night before Christmas shutdown.  Camera
			      warmed.  Flat/dark break.
       980103    309        First night of 1998 operations.
       980122    328        Numerous electronics maintenance items.
       980411    407        TCS/ICS software updated.  Dark sequence shortened.
       980412    408        Zener diodes installed to preamps.
			      Flat/dark break.
       980513    439        New twilight sequence.  Save 1/5 frames.
       980604    461        Telescope recollimation work.
       980605    462        PSF break.
       980725    512        Last night before summer shutdown.  Camera warmed.
			       Flat/dark break.  
       980913    562        First day of post-summer shutdown operations.
			       Telescope recollimation.  
       980918    567        Recollimation. PSF break.
       980925    574        Leach electronics tests.
       981021    600        First night with Leach electronics.  Flat/dark 
			       break.
       981113    623        Camera power supply replaced.  Fiber interface
			       replaced.  Jumper changed on camera electronics
			       card.
       981118    628        EPROM changed in Leach electronics controller.
			       Flat/dark break.
       990428    789        Upgrade to Leach electronics software.
			       Flat/dark break.
       990808    891        Last night of operations before summer shutdown.
			       Camera warm.
       990908    922        J temperature controller changed.  H clock bias
			       box changed.  Installed spherical mirror
			       constraints.  
       990803    886        H-band array replaced.
       990909    923        First night of post-summer shutdown operations.
       990912    926        Collimation and polar axis alignment.
			       Flat/dark break.  PSF break.
       990914    928        Slight collimation adjustment.
       990918    932        New capacitors added to H band clock bias.
       000512   1169        Telescope pointing work. 
       000730   1248        Last night of operations before summer shutdown.
       000912   1292        Post-Summer startup.  No major work. Camera cooled.
       001201   1372        Final night of northern survey operations.
       010215   1448        Northern camera arrives in Amherst



South: 980305    370        First light for southern facility.
       980319    384        First night of Southern Survey operations.
       980503    429        Pupil mask slip.  Flat/dark break.
       990118    689        Zener diodes install in preamps. Changed jumper
			       on ADC boards. etc.  Flat/dark break.
       990227    729        First night with Leach electronics.
			       Flat/dark break.
       990508    799        EPROM in Leach controller upgraded.  
			       Flat/dark break.
       990911    925        EPROM in Leach controller upgraded.  
			       Flat/dark break.
       001005s  1315        Mirror and Window washed
       001025s  1335        First day of SMC/LMC campaign
       010927   1672        2MASS South Decommissioned



Note - Survey day is measured with respect to the fiducial date of 
       1 March 1997 UT.  Survey operations began at Mt. Hopkins on
       survey day 99 and at Cerro Tololo on survey day 370.

[Last Update: 2008 September 3, by R. Cutri]


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