Improved SAAO–2MASS photometry transformations

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2007

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Oxford University Press

Abstract

Near-infrared photometry of 599 stars is used to calculate transformations from the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) JHK system to the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) JHKS system. Both several-term formal regression relations and simplified transformations are presented. Inverse transformations (i.e. 2MASS to SAAO) are also given. The presence of non-linearities in some colour terms is highlighted.

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Techniques: photometric, Infrared: general

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Koen, C., et al (2007). Improved SAAO–2MASS photometry transformations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 380(4): 1433-1439