Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996stin...9672101.&link_type=abstract
Technical Report, Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA United States Astronomy Program.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Infrared Photometry, Astronomical Photometry, Infrared Telescopes, Cameras, Astronomical Catalogs, Infrared Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) will map the entire sky in the infrared J(1.2 (mu)M), H(l.6 (mu)M), and Ks (2.2 (mu)M) photometric bands using two dedicated 1.3 meter telescopes (one for each hemisphere) equipped with three-band infrared cameras. The astronomical community will receive the results of this survey in the form of a point source catalog (containing more than 100 million objects), an extended source catalog (containing more than a million objects), and an image product covering the entire sky. This report summarizes progress from September 14,1995 to June 20, 1996. During this period the focus of the 2MASS project was on the fabrication and testing of the prototype three band camera and on the fabrication of the Mt. Hopkins telescope and its associated facilities. The Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) has continued the development of 2MASS data processing and management in preparation for the scheduled March 1997 start of survey operations on Mt. Hopkins.
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