Explanatory Supplement to the 2MASS Spring 1999 Incremental Data Release
Table of Contents
- 2MASS Overview
-
The 2MASS Sky
- Executive Summary of 2MASS Spring 1999 Incremental Data Products
- Point Source Catalog
- Extended Source Catalog
- Image Products
- Distribution Mode for 2MASS Products
- Data Release Plan
- Cautionary Notes
- General
- Point Source Catalog (PSC)
- Extended Source Catalog (XSC)
- Atlas Images
- Acknowledgments
- 2MASS Personnel
- Referencing 2MASS
- 2MASS Source Naming Convention
- Acknowledging 2MASS in Publications
- General Properties of the Data Release
- Point Source Catalog
- Format
- Selection Criteria
- General Properties
- Photometric Properties
- Astrometric Properties
- Miscellaneous
- Extended Source Catalog
- Format
- Selection Criteria
- General Properties
- Photometric Properties
- Size Distribution
- Relevant Images
- Atlas Images
- Extended Source Postage Stamp Images
- Ancillary Files
- Point Source Record Format
- Extended Source Record Format
- Atlas Image Header Description
- Scan Information Table
- Known Asteroid Detection List
- Known Comet Detection List
- PSC and XSC Anomaly Files
- Facilities
- Telescopes
- Camera and Detectors
- Observatory Sites and Site Conditions
- Data Acquisition
- Scanning Strategy
- Survey Strategy
- Photometric Calibration Strategy
- Processing Pipeline Overview
- Instrumental Frame Correction
- Atlas Image Generation
- Image Estimation Using Kernel Smoothing
- Point Source Detection and Photometry
- Band Merging and Bandfills
- Optical Source Associations
- Extended Source Identification and Photometry
- Position Reconstruction
- Artifact Identification
- Photometric Calibration
- Known Asteroid and Comet Associations
- Quality Assurance
- Scan Selection
- Photometric Quality
- Seeing
- Backgrounds
- Contiguity
- Source Selection Criteria
- SNR and Magnitude Limits
- Other Source Quality Limits
- Bright Star Artifact Removal
- Meteor Trail Artifiact Identification
- Scan Edges and Duplicate Source Rectification
- Bright Star and Galaxy Placeholders
This document prepared by:
Cutri, R.M. (IPAC/Caltech), Skrutskie, M.F. (UMASS), Van Dyk, S.
(IPAC/Caltech), Chester, T. (IPAC/Caltech), Evans, T. (IPAC/Caltech),
Fowler, J. (IPAC/Caltech), Gizis, J.(UMASS), Howard, E. (UMASS),
Huchra, J. (Harvard/CfA), Jarrett, T. (IPAC/Caltech), Kopan, E.L.
(IPAC/Caltech), Kirkpatrick, J.D. (IPAC/Caltech), Light, R.M.
(IPAC/Caltech), Marsh, K.A. (IPAC/Caltech), McCallon, H. (IPAC/Caltech),
Schneider, S. (UMASS), Stiening, R. (UMASS), Sykes, M. (U.Arizona),
Weinberg, M. (UMASS), Wheaton, W.A. (IPAC/Caltech), Wheelock, S.
(IPAC/Caltech)
Last modified 1999 Jul 9. For assistance, contact
2mass@ipac.caltech.edu