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Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC
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This is the data release from the Two Micron All Sky Survey.  This release covers 2,483 deg2 of northern sky observed from the 2MASS facility at Mt. Hopkins, AZ.  The release data products include 233,979 compressed 512x1024 pixel (1"/pixel) Atlas Images in the three survey bands, and Catalogs containing positional and photometric information for 20.2 million Point and 73,980 Extended sources.
https://old.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/index.html
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The images and image mosaics in the various Galleries are released into the public domain. If any image or images are redisplayed or reproduced, please accompany the image or images with the following acknowledgment: "Atlas Image [or Atlas Image mosaic] obtained as part of the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation."
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catalog, full sky survey, near infrared
Record Creator:
March 31, 2003 by Kara Chiodo
Record Updated:
August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC (Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, Pasadena), <https://old.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/index.html>.
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Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25, 2024, from Infrared Processing and Analysis Center: https://old.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/index.html
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Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC. Pasadena: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. https://old.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/index.html (accessed 25 April 2024).
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Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC. Pasadena: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://old.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/index.html>.
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