XSC Gallery

The following jpeg images are derived from the 2MASS Extended Source Catalog and the Large Galaxy Atlas. They represent the broad variety of objects detected and characterized by 2MASS, including galaxies, clusters, planetary nebula, young stellar objects, HII regions, and comets.

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Galaxies


2MASXJ12405519-4058350
NGC 4603 spiral galaxy
2MASXJ01100041-6128047
barred lenticular galaxy
2MASXJ00023301-3616328
faint spiral galaxy
2MASXJ14500148+1447476
faint galaxy

2MASXJ04171652+4713127
ZoA galaxy
2MASXJ16071765-6040492
ZoA galaxy
2MASXJ13272631-3359026
LSB galaxy
2MASXJ19003632+1824325
disk galaxy

Bright Galaxies from the Large Galaxy Atlas


NGC 253
Barred Starburst Galaxy
M63
"Sunflower" Galaxy
NGC 1365
barred spiral galaxy

M83
"Pinwheel" Galaxy
NGC 891
Nuclear Starburst Galaxy
NGC 55
extremely late-type galaxy

Interacting Galaxies


"Taffy" Galaxy Pair
NGC 4568/69 Galaxy Pair
"Siamese Twins"
ARP 244 Galaxy Pair
"Antennae Galaxy"

Starburst Galaxies


M82
"Cigar" Galaxy
ARP 220
Merger/ULIRG
MRK 463 Merger
Starburst + AGN Pair

AGN & Seyfert Galaxies


NGC 1068 (aka M77)
amazing Seyfert galaxy
Centaurus A (aka NGC 5128)
bright radio galaxy
IRAS 03450+0055
Seyfert 1 galaxy

Clusters


47Tucana
Globular Cluster
Tarantula Nebula
30 Doradus Stellar Cluster (LMC)
M13
Hercules Globular Cluster
2MASXJ06142300-6950424
open cluster (LMC)

Planetary Nebulae


2MASXJ20222299+2006162
2MASXJ17292115-2345314
NGC6369
2MASXJ17134463-3706111
NGC6302

YSOs & Nebulae


2MASXJ10241297-5746201
2MASXJ0325363+304528
Perseus YSO with nebular jet/maser activity
2MASXJ0540514+354122
HII nebulosity

2MASXJ09032732-4831131
IRAS source
2MASXJ16342690-1547096
2MASXJ04313407+1808048
L1551 Bipolar Outflow

Comets


2MASXJ14125217-1513210
88P/Howell
2MASXJ0611207+363825
52P/Harrington-Abell
2MASXJ20580791-0959066
Meunier-Dupouy
2MASXJ07493232+8356013
LINEAR 1998 M5

[Last Updated: 2004 Jan 5; by Tom Jarrett]