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2MASS Calibration Image Atlas

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. Calibration scan Atlas Images, and Point and Extended Source Working Databases (Cal-PSWDB and Cal-XSWDB), analogous to those from the main survey, were produced from the calibration scan pipeline data reduction.

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concepts[modality].local:modality:imageenrichment · IVOA Registrykeyword-concept-rules@1.0.0title+description (75%)
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publication_datesource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
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