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3.12. High-resolution NIR imaging of circumnuclear regions in barred galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

D. Pérez-Ramírez  and
J.H. Knapen
D. Pérez-Ramírez
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, UK E-mail dperez@star.herts.ac.uk
J.H. Knapen
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, UK E-mail knapen@star.herts.ac.uk

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We present preliminary results of our ongoing programme to obtain subarcsec resolution near-infrared (NIR) images and colour maps of the central regions of a sample of barred galaxies with circumnuclear starbursts, using the CFHT. In those cases where structure is seen in the broad band images, the NIR colour index maps confirm the location of dust lanes and regions of star formation. In those galaxies where the NIR broad band images appear featureless, the colour maps do show evidence for tightly wound spiral or ring structure, as hinted at in the optical.

Type
Part I. Stellar Cluster, Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 113 - 114
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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