A Hubble Space Telescope Survey of the Mid-Ultraviolet Morphology of Nearby Galaxies*

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, , Citation Rogier A. Windhorst et al 2002 ApJS 143 113 DOI 10.1086/341556

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1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504

2 Department of Astronomy, Caltech, MS 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125

3 Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK

4 Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218

5 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56003

6 Code S, NASA Headquarters, 300 D Street SW, Washington, DC 20546

7 Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, 475 North Charter Street, Madison, WI 53706-1582

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9 Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

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11 Visiting Astronomer, Cerro Tololo International Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF)

12 Visiting Astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under cooperative agreement with the NSF

13 Hubble Fellow

14 Permanent address: Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210

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  1. Received 2001 July 2
  2. Accepted 2002 May 3
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Abstract

We present a systematic imaging survey of 37 nearby galaxies observed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in the mid-UV F300W filter, centered at 2930 Å, as well as in the I-band (F814W) filter at 8230 Å. Eleven of these galaxies were also imaged in the F255W filter, centered at 2550 Å. Our sample is carefully selected to include galaxies of sufficiently small radius and high predicted mid-UV surface brightness to be detectable with WFPC2 in one orbit and covers a wide range of Hubble types and inclinations. The mid-UV (2000-3200 Å) spans the gap between ground-based UBVR(IJHK) images, which are available or were acquired for the current study, and far-UV images available from the Astro/UIT missions for 15 galaxies in our sample. The first qualitative results from our study are as follows:

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    Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. Also based in part on observations made with the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope: the Alice P. Lennon Telescope and the Thomas J. Bannan Astrophysics Facility.

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