Column Descriptions for the 2MASS Spring99 Release Survey Scan Info

Column # Column Name Description Units Data Type Nulls Allowed Indexed In Mini Set In Short Set In Standard Set
1 hemis hemisphere (N/S) of observation --- char(1) n 21u y y y
2 date observation date --- date n 22u y y y
3 scan scan number (unique within date) --- smallint n 23u y y y
4 tile_id tile ID number --- integer n 1 n n y
5 ra right ascension (J2000 decimal deg) of scan center deg decimal(9,6) n 1 y y y
6 dec declination (J2000 decimal deg) of scan center deg decimal(8,6) n 1 y y y
7 glon galactic longitude (decimal deg) of scan center deg decimal(9,6) n 1 n n y
8 glat galactic latitude (decimal deg) of scan center deg decimal(9,6) n 1 n n y
9 ra_1 right ascension (J2000 decimal deg) of scan corner 1 deg decimal(9,6) n 0 n n y
 Notes for ra_1: The four ra_[1234] and dec_[1234] fields contain the RA and Dec positions of the four corners of the fully-covered area of the scan (i.e. the area covered by all three bands). The corners are numbered as follows:
1: eastern corner at scan start
2: western corner at scan start
3: eastern corner at scan end
4: western corner at scan end
10 ra_2 right ascension (J2000 decimal deg) of scan corner 2 deg decimal(9,6) n 0 n n y
 Notes for ra_2: The four ra_[1234] and dec_[1234] fields contain the RA and Dec positions of the four corners of the fully-covered area of the scan (i.e. the area covered by all three bands). The corners are numbered as follows:
1: eastern corner at scan start
2: western corner at scan start
3: eastern corner at scan end
4: western corner at scan end
11 ra_3 right ascension (J2000 decimal deg) of scan corner 3 deg decimal(9,6) n 0 n n y
 Notes for ra_3: The four ra_[1234] and dec_[1234] fields contain the RA and Dec positions of the four corners of the fully-covered area of the scan (i.e. the area covered by all three bands). The corners are numbered as follows:
1: eastern corner at scan start
2: western corner at scan start
3: eastern corner at scan end
4: western corner at scan end
12 ra_4 right ascension (J2000 decimal deg) of scan corner 4 deg decimal(9,6) n 0 n n y
 Notes for ra_4: The four ra_[1234] and dec_[1234] fields contain the RA and Dec positions of the four corners of the fully-covered area of the scan (i.e. the area covered by all three bands). The corners are numbered as follows:
1: eastern corner at scan start
2: western corner at scan start
3: eastern corner at scan end
4: western corner at scan end
13 dec_1 declination (J2000 decimal deg) of corner 1 deg decimal(8,6) n 0 n n y
 Notes for dec_1: The four ra_[1234] and dec_[1234] fields contain the RA and Dec positions of the four corners of the fully-covered area of the scan (i.e. the area covered by all three bands). The corners are numbered as follows:
1: eastern corner at scan start
2: western corner at scan start
3: eastern corner at scan end
4: western corner at scan end
14 dec_2 declination (J2000 decimal deg) of corner 2 deg decimal(8,6) n 0 n n y
 Notes for dec_2: The four ra_[1234] and dec_[1234] fields contain the RA and Dec positions of the four corners of the fully-covered area of the scan (i.e. the area covered by all three bands). The corners are numbered as follows:
1: eastern corner at scan start
2: western corner at scan start
3: eastern corner at scan end
4: western corner at scan end
15 dec_3 declination (J2000 decimal deg) of corner 3 deg decimal(8,6) n 0 n n y
 Notes for dec_3: The four ra_[1234] and dec_[1234] fields contain the RA and Dec positions of the four corners of the fully-covered area of the scan (i.e. the area covered by all three bands). The corners are numbered as follows:
1: eastern corner at scan start
2: western corner at scan start
3: eastern corner at scan end
4: western corner at scan end
16 dec_4 declination (J2000 decimal deg) of corner 4 deg decimal(8,6) n 0 n n y
 Notes for dec_4: The four ra_[1234] and dec_[1234] fields contain the RA and Dec positions of the four corners of the fully-covered area of the scan (i.e. the area covered by all three bands). The corners are numbered as follows:
1: eastern corner at scan start
2: western corner at scan start
3: eastern corner at scan end
4: western corner at scan end
17 quality quality score for scan (0-10) --- smallint n 1 y y y
18 ut_beg beginning UT of scan data time datetime(h-s) n 0 n n y
19 julut_beg Julian date beginning UT of scan data jdate decimal(9,4) n 0 n n y
20 ut_end ending UT of scan data time datetime(h-s) n 0 n n n
21 julut_end Julian date ending UT of scan data jdate decimal(9,4) n 0 n n n
22 j_zp J band photometric zero-point for scan mag decimal(5,4) n 1 y y y
23 h_zp H band photometric zero-point for scan mag decimal(5,4) n 1 y y y
24 k_zp K band photometric zero-point for scan mag decimal(5,4) n 1 y y y
25 j_zperr J band rms error from zero-point mag decimal(5,4) n 1 y y y
26 h_zperr H band rms error from zero-point mag decimal(5,4) n 1 y y y
27 k_zperr K band rms error from zero-point mag decimal(5,4) n 1 y y y
28 j_r1_norm J band Read1 mag normalization value mag decimal(5,4) n 1 n n y
29 h_r1_norm H band Read1 mag normalization value mag decimal(5,4) n 1 n n y
30 k_r1_norm K band Read1 mag normalization value mag decimal(5,4) n 1 n n y
31 j_r1_norm_rms J band rms of Read1 mag normalization value mag decimal(5,4) n 1 n n y
32 h_r1_norm_rms H band rms of Read1 mag normalization value mag decimal(5,4) n 1 n n y
33 k_r1_norm_rms K band rms of Read1 mag normalization value mag decimal(5,4) n 1 n n y
34 j_pts_noise log10 of J band modal point src noise estimate logmJy decimal(6,4) y 1 y y y
35 h_pts_noise log10 of H band modal point src noise estimate logmJy decimal(6,4) y 1 y y y
36 k_pts_noise log10 of K band modal point src noise estimate logmJy decimal(6,4) y 1 y y y
37 j_n_snr10 No. of J detections in scan with instrumental SNR>10 --- integer n 0 n n y
 Notes for j_n_snr10: This fields contains the number of raw point sources detections made in the scan during initial processing that have instrumental magnitudes of J<15.8, H<15.1 or Ks<14.3 at. This source count is a diagnostic measure of the characteristic density of the region, but is not necessarily equal to the number of sources of this brightness that can be found in this scan in the Point Source Catalog.
38 h_n_snr10 No. of H detections in scan with instrumental SNR>10 --- integer n 0 n n y
 Notes for h_n_snr10: This fields contains the number of raw point sources detections made in the scan during initial processing that have instrumental magnitudes of J<15.8, H<15.1 or Ks<14.3 at. This source count is a diagnostic measure of the characteristic density of the region, but is not necessarily equal to the number of sources of this brightness that can be found in this scan in the Point Source Catalog.
39 k_n_snr10 No. of K detections in scan with instrumental SNR>10 --- integer n 0 n n y
 Notes for k_n_snr10: This fields contains the number of raw point sources detections made in the scan during initial processing that have instrumental magnitudes of J<15.8, H<15.1 or Ks<14.3 at. This source count is a diagnostic measure of the characteristic density of the region, but is not necessarily equal to the number of sources of this brightness that can be found in this scan in the Point Source Catalog.
40 n_ext No. of extended sources detected in scan --- integer n 0 n n y
 Notes for n_ext: This fields contains the number of extended source candidates made in the scan during initial processing. This source count is a diagnostic measure of the characteristic density of the region, but is not necessarily equal to the number of sources of this brightness that can be found in this scan in the Extended Source Catalog.