Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 26-Sep-2023)

Result of query: info cati 2MASX$

Details on Acronym:   2MASX
  
2MASX  (2Micron All-Sky Survey, Extended source catalogue)
 Write:<<2MASX  JHHMMSSss+DDMMSSs>>
 N:  1647599
Object:(NIR)  (SIMBAD class: NearIR = Near-IR Source (λ < 3 µm))
  Note:2 Micron All-Sky Survey 2MASS
    http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/jarrett/2mass/XSC/
   Ref:=2006AJ....131.1163S
     bySKRUTSKIE M.F.
, CUTRI R.M., STIENING R., WEINBERG M.D., SCHNEIDER S., CARPENTER J.M., BEICHMAN C., CAPPS R., CHESTER T., ELIAS J., HUCHRA J., LIEBERT J., LONSDALE C., MONET D.G., PRICE S., SEITZER P., JARRETT T., KIRKPATRICK J.D., GIZIS J.E., HOWARD E., EVANS T., FOWLER J., FULLMER L., HURT R., LIGHT R., KOPAN E.L., MARSH K.A., McCALLON H.L., TAM R., VAN DYK S., WHEELOCK S.
 Astron. J., 131, 1163-1183 (2006)

    The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS).

=E=Catalogue in electronic form as <VII/233/>
 Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)