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Michael F. Skrutskie
Researcher at University of Virginia
Publications - 140
Citations - 30820
Michael F. Skrutskie is an academic researcher from University of Virginia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brown dwarf & Stars. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 134 publications receiving 27614 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael F. Skrutskie include University of Massachusetts Amherst & University of Massachusetts Boston.
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The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
Michael F. Skrutskie,Michael F. Skrutskie,Roc M. Cutri,R. Stiening,Martin D. Weinberg,Stephen E. Schneider,John M. Carpenter,Chas Beichman,R. Capps,T. Chester,J. Elias,John P. Huchra,James Liebert,C. Lonsdale,David G. Monet,Stephan D. Price,Patrick Seitzer,Thomas H. Jarrett,J. D. Kirkpatrick,John E. Gizis,E. Howard,T. Evans,John W. Fowler,L. Fullmer,Robert L. Hurt,R. M. Light,E. L. Kopan,K. A. Marsh,H. McCallon,R. Tam,S. D. Van Dyk,S. Wheelock +31 more
TL;DR: The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) as mentioned in this paper collected 25.4 Tbytes of raw imaging data from two dedicated 1.3 m diameter telescopes located at Mount Hopkins, Arizona and CerroTololo, Chile.
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The wide-field infrared survey explorer (wise): mission description and initial on-orbit performance
Edward L. Wright,Peter Eisenhardt,Amy Mainzer,Michael E. Ressler,Roc M. Cutri,Thomas H. Jarrett,J. Davy Kirkpatrick,Deborah L. Padgett,Robert S. McMillan,Michael F. Skrutskie,Spencer A. Stanford,Spencer A. Stanford,Martin Cohen,Russell G. Walker,John C. Mather,David Leisawitz,Thomas N. Gautier,Ian S. McLean,Dominic J. Benford,Carol J. Lonsdale,Andrew Blain,B. Mendez,William R. Irace,Valerie G. Duval,Fengchuan Liu,Don Royer,I. Heinrichsen,Joan Howard,Mark A. Shannon,Martha Kendall,Amy L. Walsh,Mark F. Larsen,Joel Cardon,Scott Schick,Mark Schwalm,Mohamed Abid,Beth Fabinsky,Larry Naes,Chao-Wei Tsai +38 more
TL;DR: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is mapping the whole sky following its launch on 14 December 2009 and completed its first full coverage of the sky on July 17 as discussed by the authors.
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A Two Micron All Sky Survey view of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. I. Morphology of the Sagittarius core and tidal arms
TL;DR: In this article, the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy was mapped by M-giant star tracers detected in the complete Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS).
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Dwarfs Cooler Than M: The Definition of Spectral Type L Using Discoveries from the 2-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS)
J. Davy Kirkpatrick,I. Neill Reid,James Liebert,Roc M. Cutri,Brant O. Nelson,Charles Beichman,Conard C. Dahn,David G. Monet,John E. Gizis,Michael F. Skrutskie +9 more
TL;DR: In the first 371 sq. deg. of actual 2MASS survey data, they identified another twenty objects spectroscopically confirmed using the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrograph (LRIS) at the W.M. Keck Observatory.
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The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE): Mission Description and Initial On-orbit Performance
Edward L. Wright,Peter Eisenhardt,Amy Mainzer,Michael E. Ressler,Roc M. Cutri,Thomas H. Jarrett,J. Davy Kirkpatrick,Deborah L. Padgett,Robert S. McMillan,Michael F. Skrutskie,Spencer A. Stanford,Spencer A. Stanford,Martin Cohen,Russell G. Walker,John C. Mather,David Leisawitz,Thomas N. Gautier,Ian S. McLean,Dominic J. Benford,Carol J. Lonsdale,Andrew Blain,B. Mendez,William R. Irace,Valerie G. Duval,Fengchuan Liu,Don Royer,I. Heinrichsen,Joan Howard,Mark A. Shannon,Martha Kendall,Amy L. Walsh,Mark F. Larsen,Joel Cardon,Scott Schick,Mark Schwalm,Mohamed Abid,Beth Fabinsky,Larry Naes,Chao-Wei Tsai +38 more
TL;DR: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) as discussed by the authors is mapping the whole sky following its launch on 14 December 2009 and completed its first full coverage of the sky on July 17.