Some Images From The BARS Project

NGC2273 in the Near-IR by Josephine Chan

The 1.5 metre Carlos Sanchez infrared telescope on Tenerife now has a

working near-IR camera,"CAIN". Among the first valid BARS images taken

with this instrument are these ,in J and K', of NGC2273. The telescope

is probably the cheapest professional instrument of its size ever built,

and the fact that its effective resolution in working mode can now better

than 1 arcsecond limit is in some ways remarkable. The K' image was 

curtailed in exposure at the end of a night, and no further nights were

available during the run. The image processing is by Josephine Chan of 

the IAC. The J image is of good enough quality to make a ready detection

of the inner bar, which also shows up in K'. While such images are 

commonplace from large installations, the 1.5 m telescope has the 

advantage of relatively long runs,and can certainly be used in BARS 

follow-up programmes.

NGC5850 by Steve Gottesman (The HI data is courtesy of Dr. R. Buta)

• H(alpha) image (Postscript)
• U image (Postscript)
• Velocity DISPERSION image (FITS)
• HI Surface density image (FITS)
• HI Velocity image (FITS)

NGC3359 by Sergio Lourenso Prieto

• NGC3359
  It was observed at the Isaac Newton Telescope Prime Focus
  in Feb. 13th in filter U. Image size ~ 5'x5'
  Original size

• 
  Detail: Multiple star formation regions along the BAR of NGC3359
  Original size

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