Estimating the Reliability of the 2MASS-6X XSC

Visual inspection of the extended source detections allows accurate estimation of reliability (as well as the internal completeness). This document describes the results of inspection of a large portion of 2MASS 6X extended sources, and its application to reliability estimation.

Note: the method presented here is extensible to the WSDB.

  • Method

  • Metrics

    Results

    185,281 extended sources are found in the 2MASS-6X database. Of this total, 86469 (47%) have been visually inspected and classified. All (100%) sources outside of the LMC/SMC have been classified. All bright sources (K < 13.2 mag) have been visually inspected.

    Second-pass processing, visual classification results (raw numbers):

    Detailed (K-band binned) Results:
    [Last Updated: 2004 Feb 10; by Tom Jarrett]