A number of analysis tasks will need to be performed to prepare the 2MASS data processing pipeline before processing can resume after the start of operations at Mt. Hopkins in September. These start-up tasks are related to the installation of the new H-band array and adjustment of the telescope mount and collimation.
All northern data will be processed with the existing pipeline as
it is acquired, to allow initial quality assessment, scan triage
and performance monitoring. The data from the first 3-4 weeks will
be used to tune the pipeline and develop new production psf's.
After 3-4 weeks, these initial data from Mt. Hopkins
will be reprocessed using the newly tuned pipeline.
| Task | Assigned to | Status |
| Optimize Dither Pattern | Stiening, Skrutskie, Chester | Complete |
| Confirm Dither Pattern | Stiening, Skrutskie, Chester | Complete |
| Optimize Telescope Collimation | Stiening, Cutri | Complete |
| Generate New Array Masks | Beck, Fowler | Preliminary Masks Complete |
| Determine new initial parameters for position reconstruction: rotations, plate-scales, step-sizes, pointing offsets | McCallon | Preliminary Estimates Complete |
| Ks-band Hot Pixel Analysis | Beck, Mazzarella | Complete |
| Generate Start-up Canonical Darks and Flats | Hurt, Skrutskie, DMT | Preliminary Flats Analysis Complete |
| New Production FREXAS PSF's | Kopan | Complete |
| New Production PROPHOT PSF's | Wheaton, Marsh, Evans | In Progress |
| Revise/Validate MAPCOR Artifact Algorithm Geometries | Evans, Tam | In Progress |
| New H-band Instrumental Zero Point | Cutri, Wheelock | Preliminary Estimate Complete |
| New H-band Photometric Sensitivity Thresholds | Gizis, Cutri, Hurt | In Progress |
| Validate GALWORKS H-band Isophotal Levels | Jarrett | Complete |
| Determine Saturation Levels for H-array and Set Parameters in Pipeline | Rho, Wheaton | Complete |
| New Array Rotation and Step Size Limit Parameters for QA | Hurt | Complete |
| Measure Flat-fielding Residuals of New H-band Array | Cutri | Complete |