| Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 117, Number 3, June II 1996
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 417 - 444 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1996166 | |
| Published online | 15 June 1996 | |
Near-infrared surface photometry of spiral galaxies. I. The data*
1
Observatoire de Lyon, F-69561 Saint-Genis-Laval Cedex, France
2
Institut d'Astrophysique (CNRS), 98 bis boulevard Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
3
DAEC, Observatoire de Paris, F-92195 Meudon, France
Corresponding author: Send offprint request to: F. Simien; e-mail: simien@obs.univ-lyon1.fr
Received:
17
May
1995
Accepted:
22
November
1995
We present 
-band surface photometry of a sample of 31 inclined
Sa-Scd galaxies, together with additional J- and H-band data for four of
them. In this first paper of a series, profiles are presented, together with
global and isophotal parameters.
Our profiles are compared to similar B, R and I data collected from
other sources.
Three galaxies exhibit previously unknown small bars in their center, while
in five others, such bars may also be present.
Four objects present a narrow elongated feature in their center aligned with
their major axis, which could be an inward extension of the disk.
A few galaxies display very thin spiral arms.
Color-color diagrams indicate that the extinction inside the four galaxies for
which we have 
images is limited to 
.
Key words: galaxies: spiral / galaxies: photometry / infrared: galaxies
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1996