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This paper describes the design, expectations, and prototyping of a new allsky survey, called 2MASS (Two Micron All Sky Survey) to be carried out with the new generation of infrared array detectors.
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Kleinmann, S.G., Lysaght, M.G., Pughe, W.L. et al. The two micron all sky survey. Exp Astron 3, 65–72 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00430119
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