The Structure of Galaxies: I. Surface Photometry Techniques
  This project uses the 2MASS all-sky image database to study the structure of
galaxies over a range of luminosities, sizes and morphological types. This
first paper in this series will outline the techniques, reliability and data
products to our surface photometry program. Our program will analyze all
acceptable galaxies (meeting our criteria for isolation from companions and
bright stars) from the Revised Shapley-Ames and Uppsala galaxy catalogs.
Resulting photometry and surface brightness profiles are released using a
transparent scheme of data storage which includes not only all the processed
data but knowledge of the processing steps and calibrating parameters.
