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                            Erwin, Peter; Sparke, Linda S.
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                                    The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 146, Issue 2, pp. 299-352.
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                        2003
            
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                                    109
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                            Description
                                    This paper presents the results of a high-resolution imaging survey,
using both ground-based and Hubble Space Telescope images, of a complete
sample of nearby barred S0-Sa galaxies in the field, with a particular
emphasis on identifying and measuring central structures within the
bars: secondary bars, inner disks, nuclear rings and spirals, and
off-plane dust. A discussion of the frequency and statistical properties
of the various types of inner structures has already been published.
Here we present the data for the individual galaxies and measurements of
their bars and inner structures. We set out the methods we use to find
and measure these structures, and how we discriminate between them. In
particular, we discuss some of the deficiencies of ellipse fitting of
the isophotes, which by itself cannot always distinguish between bars,
rings, spirals, and dust, and which can produce erroneous measurements
of bar sizes and orientations.