Appendix 3. Long Exposure (6X) Images, Scan Databases and Catalogs

2. General Properties of the 6x Working Databases

b. 6x Field Properties - Abell 3558

i. Sky Coverage and Observation Parameters

Table 1
Target Abell 3558 Type galaxy cluster

Central Position¹ RA (J2000 deg) Dec (J2000 deg)

202.0661 -33.0073

Scan Length (deg) No. of Tiles² No. of Scans³ Approximate
Area (deg²)⁴

6 6 8 4.6

Tile Numbers⁵ 315822-315827

Approximate Boundaries (J2000 deg)⁶

RA_min RA_max Dec_min Dec_max

201.556 202.428 -36.004 -29.847

**Table 1**
Target	Abell 3558	Type	galaxy cluster
Central Position¹	RA (J2000 deg)	Dec (J2000 deg)
202.0661	-33.0073
Scan Length (deg)	No. of Tiles²	No. of Scans³	Approximate Area (deg²)⁴
6	6	8	4.6
Tile Numbers⁵	315822-315827
Approximate Boundaries (J2000 deg)⁶
RA_min	RA_max	Dec_min	Dec_max
201.556	202.428	-36.004	-29.847

Notes to Table 1
1 - Geometric center of area covered by 6x scans. Because of gaps in the scan coverage of some fields, there may not be a scan covering this location. See Figure 1.
2 - Number of unique pre-defined observation areas (tiles) that cover this field.
3 - Number of 6x scans that cover the tiles in this field. The number of scans may exceed the number of tiles because some tiles were observed more than once.
4 - Approximate area is computed from the number of tiles covering this field, accounting for RA and Dec overlap between tiles. It is not the area defined by the approximate field boundaries.
5 - 6° long 6x tiles have the same number and cover the same region as the corresponding tile from the main survey. 1° long 6x tiles are assigned numbers in the range 30000-39999 for northern observatory scans and 333000-349999 for southern observatory scans. 1° long 6x tile numbers do not match tile numbers from the main survey.
6 - Approximate field boundaries define the smallest rectangular region on the sky that encloses all scans of this field. This region may not be completely covered by 6x observations because of gaps in the 6x coverage. See Figure 1.

Figure 1 - Sky map showing outlines of 6x Abell 3558 scans in blue and distribution of 6x point source WDB extractions (red dots). Some tiles may have been observed more than once and have a corresponding higher density of extractions in the WDB. Figure 2 - Sky map showing outlines of 6x Abell 3558 scans in blue and distribution of 6x extended source WDB extractions (green dots).

ii. Field-Specific Notes

The A3558 6x field was targeted on the Abell 3558 galaxy cluster as part of a program to probe galaxy completeness in the main 2MASS survey. Abell 3558 is the richest cluster available at the distance at which L* galaxies are at the completeness limit for extended source detection in the main survey. The nominal cluster center is located near the center of the 6x coverage.

The two easternmost tiles in this field were each scanned twice.

iii. Working Database and Catalog Source Properties

Table 2 - 6x WDB and Catalog Statistics
Full 6x Working DB¹ 6x "Catalog" subset²

Scans 8 6

Atlas Images 552 414

Point Sources 138475 46727

Extended Sources 2743 1248

**Table 2 - 6x WDB and Catalog Statistics**
	Full 6x Working DB¹	6x "Catalog" subset²
Scans	8	6
Atlas Images	552	414
Point Sources	138475	46727
Extended Sources	2743	1248

Notes to Table 2
1 - "Full 6x Working DB" refers to the total number of Scans and Atlas Images available from all 6x observations of this field. The "Point Source" and "Extended Source" entries refer to the total number of sources extracted from all observations of this field in the respective 6x Point and Extended Source Working Databases.
2 - "6x Catalog Subset" refers to the subset of all scans covering this field that were selected to constitute a single, unique coverage of the field (A3.6.b), the images from those scans, and the subset of all source extractions from the selected scans that satisfy the "6x-PSC" and "6x-XSC" quality selection criteria described in A3.6.c. The "6x Catalog subset" can be identified in the 6x Scan and Image Metadata tables, and Point and Extended Source WDB tables by selecting entries with "cat=1".

Extracted Source Counts and Statistics

Figure 3 - Full 6x point and extended source Working Database source counts as a function of magnitude. Point source counts are shown by the red line and extended source counts are the blue shaded region. The default magnitudes are used for point sources, and the K_s=20 mag arcsec^-2 elliptical isophotal magnitudes are used for extended sources. Figure 4 - Differential source densities as a function of magnitude for the 6x Point and Extended Catalogs compared with those for the All-Sky PSC and XSC. 6x PSC and XSC counts are shown by the red and blue lines, respectively. All-Sky PSC and XSC counts are shown in the grey and cyan shaded regions.

Photometric Properties

Figure 5 - Color-magnitude diagram for extractions in the point and extended source 6x WDBs in the Abell 3558 field. Point sources are shown as small red dots and extended sources as larger green dots. The black contours trace the density of point sources. The horizontal discontinuity in the point source distribution near K_s~10.5 mag in the color-magnitude diagram is caused by the sensitivity gap between the 51 ms R1 and 7.8 s R2-R1 exposures in the 6x data. Figure 6 - Color-color diagram for extractions in the point and extended source 6x WDBs in the Abell 3558 field. Point sources are shown as small red dots and extended sources as larger green dots. The black contours trace the density of point sources.

Figure 7 - Differences between 6x and main survey point source photometry plotted as a function of 6x source default magnitude. Black contours trace the density of individual sources that are shown as light grey points. The large blue points and error bars show the trimmed average and RMS of the 6x-survey magnitude differences for all sources in 0.25 magnitude wide bins. Figure 8 - Differences between 6x and main survey extended source photometry in 7" circular apertures ([jhk]_m_7) plotted as a function of 6x extended source magnitude. Black contours trace the density of individual sources that are shown as light grey points. The large blue points and error bars show the trimmed average and RMS of the 6x-survey magnitude differences for all sources in 0.25 magnitude wide bins.

[Last updated: 2006 June 12; by R. Cutri]

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Figure 1 - Sky map showing outlines of 6x Abell 3558 scans in blue and distribution of 6x point source WDB extractions (red dots). Some tiles may have been observed more than once and have a corresponding higher density of extractions in the WDB.	Figure 2 - Sky map showing outlines of 6x Abell 3558 scans in blue and distribution of 6x extended source WDB extractions (green dots).

Extracted Source Counts and Statistics

Figure 3 - Full 6x point and extended source Working Database source counts as a function of magnitude. Point source counts are shown by the red line and extended source counts are the blue shaded region. The default magnitudes are used for point sources, and the K_s=20 mag arcsec^-2 elliptical isophotal magnitudes are used for extended sources.	Figure 4 - Differential source densities as a function of magnitude for the 6x Point and Extended Catalogs compared with those for the All-Sky PSC and XSC. 6x PSC and XSC counts are shown by the red and blue lines, respectively. All-Sky PSC and XSC counts are shown in the grey and cyan shaded regions.

Photometric Properties

Figure 5 - Color-magnitude diagram for extractions in the point and extended source 6x WDBs in the Abell 3558 field. Point sources are shown as small red dots and extended sources as larger green dots. The black contours trace the density of point sources. The horizontal discontinuity in the point source distribution near K_s~10.5 mag in the color-magnitude diagram is caused by the sensitivity gap between the 51 ms R1 and 7.8 s R2-R1 exposures in the 6x data.	Figure 6 - Color-color diagram for extractions in the point and extended source 6x WDBs in the Abell 3558 field. Point sources are shown as small red dots and extended sources as larger green dots. The black contours trace the density of point sources.

Figure 7 - Differences between 6x and main survey point source photometry plotted as a function of 6x source default magnitude. Black contours trace the density of individual sources that are shown as light grey points. The large blue points and error bars show the trimmed average and RMS of the 6x-survey magnitude differences for all sources in 0.25 magnitude wide bins.	Figure 8 - Differences between 6x and main survey extended source photometry in 7" circular apertures ([jhk]_m_7) plotted as a function of 6x extended source magnitude. Black contours trace the density of individual sources that are shown as light grey points. The large blue points and error bars show the trimmed average and RMS of the 6x-survey magnitude differences for all sources in 0.25 magnitude wide bins.