Mapping a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy

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The purpose of this project is to study the low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy UGC 6614. The project involves examining the optical data taken by the HST WFPC2 instrument and combining it with HI data taken by the Very Large Array. The goal is to create optical and HI maps of this galaxy and combine them with a CO map of the galaxy obtained by Das, et al. (2006) and analyze the star forming regions of the galaxy. From the WFPC2 images, we can clearly see that UGC 6614 has distinct spiral arms, with the CO detection lying in a region of the galaxy disk. Additionally, we have detected 28 background galaxies and analyzed them with surface brightness and color profiles.
All of the data presented in this paper were obtained from the Multimission Archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute (MAST). STScI is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS5-26555.

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