Two Micron All Sky Survey

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The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) is an astronomical survey that mapped the entire sky in near-infrared wavelengths, producing a comprehensive catalog of stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical survey ⓘ
infrared sky survey ⓘ
abbreviation 2MASS ⓘ
angularResolution about 2 to 3 arcseconds ⓘ
band H band ⓘ
J band ⓘ
Ks band ⓘ
centralWavelength H band ~1.65 micrometres ⓘ
J band ~1.25 micrometres ⓘ
Ks band ~2.17 micrometres ⓘ
coordinateSystem equatorial coordinates ⓘ
coverage entire sky ⓘ
dataAccess public ⓘ
dataProcessingCenter IPAC ⓘ
dataProduct calibrated images ⓘ
source catalogs ⓘ
dataRelease All-Sky Data Release 2003 ⓘ
endDate 2001 ⓘ
fundingAgency NASA ⓘ
National Science Foundation ⓘ
hostInstitution California Institute of Technology ⓘ
limitingMagnitude H ~15.1 mag ⓘ
J ~15.8 mag ⓘ
Ks ~14.3 mag ⓘ
notableResult discovery of many brown dwarfs ⓘ
improved mapping of the Milky Way disk ⓘ
numberOfExtendedSources over 1.6 million ⓘ
numberOfPointSources over 470 million ⓘ
observatoryHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
operatedBy Infrared Processing and Analysis Center ⓘ
University of Massachusetts Amherst ⓘ
photometricCalibration uniform all-sky calibration ⓘ
photometricSystem 2MASS photometric system ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal create uniform catalog of stars and galaxies ⓘ
survey entire sky in near-infrared ⓘ
producedCatalog 2MASS Extended Source Catalog ⓘ
2MASS Point Source Catalog ⓘ
startDate 1997 ⓘ
successorSurvey UKIDSS ⓘ
VISTA surveys ⓘ
linked to: VISTA
telescopeAperture 1.3-metre ⓘ
telescopeLocation Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory ⓘ
usedFor Galactic structure studies ⓘ
brown dwarf searches ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ
near-Earth object studies ⓘ
star formation studies ⓘ
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ

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Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy → discoveredUsing → Two Micron All Sky Survey ⓘ
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy → abbreviation → 2MASS ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive → missionArchiveFor → Two Micron All Sky Survey ⓘ
NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive → missionArchiveFor → 2MASS All-Sky Point Source Catalog ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive → missionArchiveFor → 2MASS Extended Source Catalog ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Sagittarius Stream → mappedBy → 2MASS survey ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
CMa Dwarf → observedWith → 2MASS survey ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
CMa Overdensity → discoveredUsing → Two Micron All Sky Survey ⓘ
CMa Overdensity → discoveredUsing → 2MASS ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Two Micron All Sky Survey → abbreviation → 2MASS ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Two Micron All Sky Survey → dataRelease → All-Sky Data Release 2003 ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Two Micron All Sky Survey → producedCatalog → 2MASS Point Source Catalog ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Two Micron All Sky Survey → producedCatalog → 2MASS Extended Source Catalog ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Two Micron All Sky Survey → photometricSystem → 2MASS photometric system ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Monoceros Ring → observedWith → 2MASS survey ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Perseus–Pisces Supercluster → studiedIn → 2MASS Redshift Survey ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Taurus molecular cloud complex → observedBy → 2MASS survey ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Ophiuchus molecular cloud → surveyedBy → 2MASS ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
UGC 245 → belongsToCatalog → 2MASS Extended Source Catalog ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Canis Major Overdensity → discoveredUsing → Two Micron All Sky Survey ⓘ
Canis Major Overdensity → discoveredUsing → 2MASS ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Perseus cloud complex → surveyedBy → 2MASS survey ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
NGC 4478 → observedInSurvey → 2MASS ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Monoceros Stream → studiedWith → 2MASS survey ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
J band → associatedWith → 2MASS survey ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
J band → standardSystem → 2MASS photometric system ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
IRSA → missionDataIncluded → 2MASS ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey
Michael F. Skrutskie → knownFor → Two Micron All Sky Survey ⓘ
Michael F. Skrutskie → notableWork → 2MASS ⓘ
linked to: Two Micron All Sky Survey