Talk:2MASS

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Citations[edit]

I do not understand this article needs more citations: There are 3 links to the original science publications over "2MASS" on the internet, the title article is an own citation of an scientific project, in the article there is a table with citations over the organizations who made the scientific project and the data sources. Is anywhere an article on Wikipedia with more citations than that article? Vibria (talk) 16:41, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am late to answer this question, but quite often readers are looking for inline citations to verify what they are reading is from a reliable source. -- Kheider (talk) 16:05, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Additional references to add[edit]

I'd like to expand this article, so as a placeholder for myself (and other interested editors), I'm putting links/citations for refs to use here.AstroCog (talk) 12:28, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Use of 2MASS in the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS): article in Universe Today - with full sky image.
"In the course of an infrared census." Sky & Telescope; Feb2000, Vol. 99 Issue 2, p50
"2MASS Treasure Hunt". Sky & Telescope; Dec2000, Vol. 100 Issue 6, p54
"2MASS Project". Astronomy; Apr2001, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p22
"2MASS: Unveiling the Infrared Universe". Sky & Telescope; Jul2001, Vol. 102 Issue 1, p34-42
"How 2MASS Surveyed the Sky". Sky & Telescope; Jul2001, Vol. 102 Issue 1, p38-39
"All-sky survey makes Internet debut". Science News; 4/12/2003, Vol. 163 Issue 15, p237
"Experiments with Wide-Spectrum CCD Imaging". Astronomy; May2002, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p78
"Lost in space? Check the map". Astronomy; Aug2003, Vol. 31 Issue 8, p31
"Nearby Universe Mapped". Discover; Jan2007, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p49-49
"1.5 million galaxies revealed". Astronomy; Mar2008, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p41-43
"Alien visitor from afar". Science News; 7/4/2009, Vol. 176 Issue 1, p9-9
"The 2MASS Large Galaxy Atlas". T. H. Jarrett et al. 2003 The Astronomical Journal 125 525

Notability[edit]

There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomical objects#WISE object notability and Talk:WISEPC J150649.97+702736.0#Notability that has implications for 2MASS objects.

Specifically, the question being asked is whether a slightly more liberal notability test is appropriate for the closest objects to Sol, such as the nearest brown dwarfs discovered by WISE.

Comments welcome either here or on either of those two pages. The discussion on the WISE page should of course focus on WISE objects, that here on 2MASS objects, and that on the WikiProject talk page on astronomical objects generally. But there's some interconnection, equally obviously. Andrewa (talk) 07:03, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

At the moment 2MASS survey is referred in numerous scientific papers. Where to find additional citations for impact this survey had on astronomy? --Artman40 (talk) 10:52, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'd begin by looking at redshift, since the most important impact of 2MASS has been on redshift. I see that @Astrocog: has provided some nice sources above for a good start. StringTheory11 (t • c) 20:10, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of nearby objects[edit]

This table is not a useful addition to the article, for several reasons.

  • no explanation is given in the article as to why this information is important or relevant.
  • it violates NPOV, giving extremely excessive weight to a tiny aspect of the 2MASS survey.
  • it seems to be original research, having been compiled by a wikipedia editor rather than sourced from a reference.

No good reason has been given for its inclusion by the editor who is trying to force it in. The article is short so leave it in? Not a good reason. People have asked specifically for this information? Who? When? I suggested making a new article for this, which would be a perfectly good solution if you feel this information is valuable. Why did you reject that option? 201.215.187.159 (talk) 14:16, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"I don't like it" is not a good reason to blank material. Feel free to expand the article and/or create a section discussing 2MASS galaxies. There are people that are curious as to some of the closest objects discovered/studied by 2MASS. -- Kheider (talk) 11:50, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
And I've removed it again. WP:UNDUE states that we must not give certain aspects of a situation undue weight over others. By including this table, nearby stars are given massively undue weight over much more scientifically important discoveries such as quasars and neutron stars. We already have list of nearest stars for information like this. StringTheory11 (t • c) 20:02, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Then we can leave it out. But I am not confident WP:UNDUE is meant to exclude a list of nearby brown dwarfs discovered by 2MASS just because no one bothered to take the time to expand the article about other types of objects discovered/studied by 2MASS. List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs does not mention how (or what survey) discovered an object. -- Kheider (talk) 21:17, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think we could certainly include that information on a new column in that list. StringTheory11 (t • c) 21:56, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
2MASS brown dwarfs and white dwarfs within 30 light-years include:
Object Type ly Spectral
type
Constellation Right
ascension
Declination
2MASS 0036+1821 brown dwarf 29 L3.5 Pisces 00h 36m 16.17s 18° 21′ 10.4″
2MASS 0348-6022[1] brown dwarf 25 T7 Reticulum 03h 48m 07.72s −60° 22′ 27″
2MASS 0415-0935 brown dwarf 18 T8V Eridanus 04h 15m 19.54s −09° 35′ 06.6″
2MASS 0727+1710 brown dwarf 28 T7 Gemini 07h 27m 18.24s 17° 10′ 01.2″
2MASS 0729-3954[1] brown dwarf 23 T8p Puppis 07h 29m 00.02s −39° 54′ 04.3″
2MASS 0937+2931 brown dwarf 20 T6 Leo 09h 37m 34.9s 29° 31′ 41″
2MASS 0939-2448 brown dwarf 17 T8 Antlia 09h 39m 35.48s −24° 48′ 27.9″
2MASS 1114-2618 brown dwarf 18 T7.5 Hydra 11h 14m 51.337s −26° 18′ 23.56″
2MASS 1503+2525[2] brown dwarf 23 T5 Bootes 15h 03m 19.61s 25° 25′ 19.6″
2MASS 1507-1627 brown dwarf 24 L5 Libra 15h 07m 47.69s −16° 27′ 38.6″
2MASS 1835+3259 brown dwarf 18 M8.5 Lyra 18h 35m 37.902s 32° 59′ 54.59″
Gliese 293 white dwarf 26 DC8.8 Volans 07h 53m 08.15s −67° 47′ 31.4″
Gliese 440 white dwarf 15 DQ6 Musca 11h 45m 42.9205s −64° 50′ 29.459″
Gliese 518 white dwarf 27 DZ10.0 Virgo 13h 36m 31.81s 03° 40′ 45″
Gliese 915 white dwarf 27 DAP5.8 Phoenix 00h 02m 10.766s −43° 09′ 56.02″
GJ 1087 white dwarf 26 DAP8.9 Orion 05h 56m 25.47s 05° 21′ 48.6″
GJ 1221 white dwarf 20 DQP9.0 Draco 17h 48m 08.17s 70° 52′ 35.3″
GJ 1289 red dwarf 26 M4.0V Andromeda 23h 43m 06.289s 36° 32′ 13.24″
Van Maanen's star white dwarf 14 DZ8 Pisces 00h 49m 09.90175s 05° 23′ 19.0117″
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