Open AccessHubble Space Telescope Near‐Infrared Snapshot Survey of 3CR Radio Source Counterparts at Low Redshift
Author(s) -
Juan P. Madrid,
M. Chiaberge,
David J. E. Floyd,
W. B. Sparks,
D. Macchetto,
G. K. Miley,
D. J. Axon,
A. Capetti,
C. P. O’Dea,
Stefi A. Baum,
Eric S. Perlman,
Alice C. Quillen
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the astrophysical journal supplement series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-4365
pISSN - 0067-0049
DOI - 10.1086/504480
Subject(s) - physics , hubble space telescope , astrophysics , redshift , spectrograph , astronomy , hubble deep field south , galaxy , snapshot (computer storage) , hubble ultra deep field , radio galaxy , observational cosmology , luminous infrared galaxy , infrared , hubble deep field , spectral line , computer science , operating system
We present newly acquired images of the near-infrared counterpart of 3CRradio sources. All the sources were selected to have a redshift of less than0.3 to allow us to obtain the highest spatial resolution. The observations werecarried out as a snapshot program using the Near-Infrared Camera andMultiobject Spectrograph (NICMOS) on-board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Inthis paper we describe 69 radio galaxies observed for the first time withNICMOS during HST cycle 13. All the objects presented here are ellipticalgalaxies. However, each of them has unique characteristics such as closecompanions, dust lanes, unresolved nuclei, arc-like features, globular clustersand jets clearly visible from the images or with basic galaxy subtraction.Comment: Submitted to ApJS, this version incorporates referee comments; 77 bitmapped figure
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