2026AJ....171..190L


Query : 2026AJ....171..190L

2026AJ....171..190L - Astron. J., 171, 190 (2026/March-0)

2MASS Reprocessing. I. The Search for Faint Objects.

LIU Z., PENG X., TANG Z., QI Z., LIAO S. and YU Y.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present an automated, DAOFind-based pipeline developed to reprocess J-band Atlas All Sky Release Survey images from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). By optimizing the detection parameters and implementing a screening procedure that jointly evaluates the signal-to-noise ratio and central sharpness, the pipeline effectively identifies faint point sources that were previously undetected. Applying this method to eight representative sky regions improves the 2MASS detection limit from 16.20 to 16.60 mag and increases the number of detected point sources by approximately 21.36% relative to the 2MASS Point Source Catalog, with a false-positive rate of only 4.80%. These results demonstrate that the proposed reprocessing pipeline can substantially enhance the scientific yield of archival 2MASS data, providing valuable faint-source supplements for studies of time-domain variability, Galactic structure, and cold, low-luminosity objects.

Abstract Copyright: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Astronomy data analysis - Detection - Infrared sources

Simbad objects: 5

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Number of rows : 5
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 NAME LMC G 05 23 34.6 -69 45 22     0.4     ~ 19090 0
2 M 42 HII 05 35 16.8 -05 23 15           ~ 4411 0
3 NAME Centaurus A BLL 13 25 27.61521044 -43 01 08.8050291   8.18 6.84 6.66   ~ 4774 3
4 NGC 6752 GlC 19 10 52.11 -59 59 04.4           ~ 2121 0
5 NAME SCP reg ~ ~           ~ 113 0

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