Table · dataset · 2015
2MASS Calibration Scan Information Table
Listed in IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory)
Photometric calibration for 2MASS was performed using observations of calibration fields made at regular intervals during each night of survey operations.
Description
Measurements of standard stars in the fields were used to derive the photometric zero point offsets as a function of time during each night. Atmospheric extinction coefficients were derived from 2MASS observations made over long periods. 2MASS calibration fields, or tiles, are 1° long in declination and approximately 8.5' wide in right ascension.
There are 35 regular survey calibration fields distributed at approximately two hour intervals in right ascension near declinations of approximately -30°, 0° and +30°. An additional five calibration fields were defined in and around the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds to support the deep observation (6x) campaign towards the end of survey operations. Over the course of the survey, the regular calibration fields were scanned between 562 and 3692 times in nominally photometric conditions.
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Equatorial fields were observed from both observatories, so were observed more frequently than those near ±30° which were observed with only one telescope. The special Magellanic Cloud calibration fields were observed 108 to 468 times between November 2000 and February 2001. The 2MASS Calibration Scan Information Table provides basic metadata for each survey mode scan taken during 2MASS operations.
Links
Where it is published
- Reference page irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/2MASS/docs/releases/allsky/doc/seca4_1.html ↗
landing page · from IVOA Registry
Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/irsa.ipac/2mass/catalog/calscaninfo ↗
catalogue entry · from IVOA Registry
Topics
- Stated by source
- Infrared
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Inferred from text
- Astronomical sciences 71% · Tabular 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://irsa.ipac/2mass/catalog/calscaninfo | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5101 | enrichment · IVOA Registry | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (71%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:infrared | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:tabular | enrichment · IVOA Registry | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_title |
| updated_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 |