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2MASS Long Exposure (6x) Full Survey Image Atlas

Listed in IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory)

During the final months of 2MASS observatory operations, a campaign of targeted "long exposure" observations was carried out during times when no previously unscanned parts of the sky were available for the main survey.

Description

These observations used the same freeze-frame scanning technique employed for the survey, but with READ2-READ1 exposures six times longer than was used for normal survey observations (hence they are referred to as "6x" observations).

The 2MASS 6x measurements were intended to probe ~1 magnitude deeper than the main survey in unconfused regions. Approximately 590 deg2 of sky distributed in 30 targeted regions were scanned at least once using the long exposures. Most of this area is concentrated in two large, comprehensive surveys of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, 383 deg2 and 127 deg2, respectively.

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Twenty-eight additional smaller fields were mapped in the 6x mode from both observatories, covering targets that include the Pleiades open cluster, galactic star formation complexes, M31, nearby galaxy clusters and the Lockman Hole.

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Image 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory)ivo://irsa.ipac/2mass/images/sixxfull11 d agoJSON v1
FieldAssertionExtractorEvidence
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concepts[field].local:field:astronomymapping · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:infraredsource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
concepts[modality].local:modality:imageenrichment · IVOA Registrykeyword-concept-rules@1.0.0title+description (75%)
descriptionsource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0rr.resource.res_description
publication_datesource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
titlesource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0rr.resource.res_title
updated_datesource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0