Bibcode
Knapen, J. H.; Stedman, S.; Bramich, D. M.; Folkes, S. L.; Bradley, T. R.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.426, p.1135-1141 (2004)
Fecha de publicación:
11
2004
Revista
Número de citas
88
Número de citas referidas
79
Descripción
We present optical observations of a sample of 57 spiral galaxies and
describe the procedures followed to reduce the data. We have obtained
images in the optical B and I broad bands, as well as in Hα, with
moderate spatial resolution and across wide enough fields to image the
complete disks of the galaxies. In addition, we observed 55 of our
sample galaxies in the R and eight in the V band, and imaged a subset
through a dedicated narrow continuum filter for the Hα line. We
describe the data reduction procedures we developed in the course of
this work to register, combine and photometrically calibrate each set of
images for an individual galaxy. We describe in some detail the
procedure used to subtract the continuum emission from our Hα
images. In companion papers, we describe near-infrared imaging of the
galaxy sample, and present analyses of disk scale lengths, and of
properties of bars, rings, and H Ii regions in the sample galaxies. The
images described here are available for use by other researchers.
FITS images are available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous
ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via
http:/ /cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/426/1135