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The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)

  • Authors: M. F. Skrutskie, R. M. Cutri, R. Stiening, M. D. Weinberg, S. Schneider, J. M. Carpenter, C. Beichman, R. Capps, T. Chester, J. Elias, J. Huchra, J. Liebert, C. Lonsdale, D. G. Monet, S. Price, P. Seitzer, T. Jarrett, J. D. Kirkpatrick, J. E. Gizis, E. Howard, T. Evans, J. Fowler, L. Fullmer, R. Hurt, R. Light, E. L. Kopan, K. A. Marsh, H. L. McCallon, R. Tam, S. Van Dyk, and S. Wheelock

Skrutskie et al. 2006 The Astronomical Journal 131 1163.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 10.

Distribution of 2MASS calibration tiles on the celestial sphere in equatorial coordinates. Filled squares are primary calibration tiles. Open squares denote additional calibration tiles created late in operations to support calibration of deep LMC and SMC observations.

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