The 2 Micron All Sky Survey

Abstract

The 2 micron All Sky Survey, or 2MASS, will cover the sky at three near-infrared wavelengths with a pixellation of approx. 2.0 micron. One of the primary science goals of the survey is to produce a catalogue of galaxies to a limit between K =13 and K=14 (equivalent to B=16-17) to within 10 deg of the galactic plane. The 2Mass Galaxy Catalogue is expected to contain over a million galaxies and will be an invaluable aid to mapping the local density field out to z=0.1.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA283515

Entities

People

  • J. Huchra
  • M. Skrutskie
  • M. Weinberg
  • S. Kleinmann
  • W. Pughe

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Apparent Density
  • Background Radiation
  • Cameras
  • Catalogs
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Flow Fields
  • Focal Planes
  • H Band
  • High Density
  • Image Classification
  • Images
  • Optical Images
  • Prototypes
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Telescopes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Systems Analysis and Design