Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aas...181.8206r&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 181st AAS Meeting, #82.06D; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 24, p.1256
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The near infrared is much less effected by dust extinction than optical bands. It is therefore a better indicator of the morphology of the underlying stellar population. The K band is also a particularly sensitive indicator of age when combined with optical bands. Near infrared K band images were taken of the bulges of 17 virgo cluster spirals with the Prototype Near Infrared Camera (pNIC) at the Lick Observatory Shane 3.0 m. telescope in May, 1989. Optical B and I band images of this sample were obtained at the Kitt Peak National Observatory No. 1. 0.9m telescope in May, 1990. Near Infrared J, H, and K band images of the inner disk and bulge four nearby galaxies with existing integrated spectrophotometry were obtained with GRIM (Near Infrared Grism Spectrometer and Imager) at Apache Point Observatory in late summer and fall of 1992. These data are used to study the detailed morphology and population of nearby normal galaxies with an eye toward determining an evolutionary indicator for comparison with higher redshift surveys and establishing a a baseline of normal galaxies against which more exotic objects may be compared.
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