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Infra-red imaging of barred spiral galaxies with the Carlos Sanchez
Telescope, Teide Observatory
Simon Kemp (IAC)
An infrared JK photometric imaging survey of a sample of barred spiral
galaxies undertaken as part of and as follow-up to a major multiwavelength
photometric and spectroscopic survey of these galaxies (the BARS International
Time Project) is discussed. The usefulness of these observations in the
context of correcting for the presence of dust and elucidating the type of
stellar populations present in small defined regions of a galaxy is
explained. Recent improvements to the Infra-Red Camera (CAIN II) utilised
at the 1.5-m Carlos Sanchez Telescope, Teide Observatory are noted and the
observations discussed. Some prelimary results are displayed for a few
important galaxies, including colour maps. In particular a number of
small bars present interior and often perpendicular to the main bar features
of galaxies (the `bars-within-bars' phenomenon) are displayed.
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