The goal of this survey is to image a representative sample of nearby peculiars (~150 galaxies) in R- and K-bands to be used to define a "morphological parameter space" for peculiars (tail lengths, luminosities, etc. as a function of mass ratio, separation, etc.). The local sample is drawn from a large optically defined sample of ~600 peculiars chosen from the UGC. A subset of ~75 of these will additionally be imaged in UBV. These data will be used to:
BVR-band imaging with UH 88" Tek2048 600-900sec exposures, f/10
giving 0.22"/pix unbinned and 7.5' FOV. K'-band with UH 88" QUIRC 1024
CCD, 360sec exposures, f/10 giving 0.183"/pix unbinned and 3' FOV.
U-band are 1200s from Steward 90" (C. Liu) or 1800s from Palomar 60"
(L. Armus).
Gifs of individual
objects and permission to reproduce are available upon request
(email
jhibbard
@ nrao.edu). Please do not ask for the fits
files, unless you would like to collaborate. Data will be made
publically available via NED once above projects are
completed.