Using the Tully-Fisher relation, one can map the peculiar velocity field and
estimate the mass in regions such as the Great Attractor. 2MASS is surveying
the full sky in J, H and K bands and has the great advantage that it allows us
to detect galaxies more uniformly to lower Galactic latitude than optical
surveys. This study shows the feasibility of using 2MASS and the TF relation to
probe large scale structure. We found that (i) we can use axis ratio b/a up
to 0.5; (ii) intrinsic extinction is present (up to 0.5mag at J, 0.1 mag at K);
(iii) the zero-point of the TF relation is independent of the 2MASS magnitude
measurement and is consistent with the HST Key-Project value; (iv) the 2MASS
K-band 20th mag/arcsec2 isophotal aperture magnitude produces the best TF
relation; and (v) there is no type dependence of the residualsComment: 8 pages, Latex using newpasp.sty. Matches version to appear in
Mapping the Hidden Universe: The Universe Behind the Milky Way - The Universe
in HI, ASP Conference Series 2000, eds R.C.Kraan-Korteweg, P.A. Henning and
H. Andernach (matched to published version; abstract bug in v2 fixed