Figure 2a

Near Infrared (NIR) image of the barred Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2273 (Mulchaey \etal\ 1997). Visible in the nucleus are isophotal twists which may be evidence for an inner bar capable of transporting material inside the Inner Lindblad Resonance where it can fuel the Seyfert Activity. The axes labels are offsets (in arcsecs), and the box marks the region shown in Fig. 2b. Contour levels start at 17 K mag/arcsec² and increase in 0.5 mag steps (1" = 120 pc for D=24.5 Mpc).