HST NICMOS and WFPC2 Imaging of Ultraluminous Galaxies

/ Authors

K. Borne, H. Bushouse, L. Colina, R. Lucas, A. Baker, D. Clements, A. Lawrence, S. Oliver, M. R. R. Stx, Nasa Gsfc

and 6 more authors

Stsci, Esa, Saclay, Ias, Ioa, I. College

/ Abstract

. HST is used to study the power sources and the interaction-induced tidal disturbances within the most luminous galaxies in the local universe — the Ultra-Luminous IR Galaxies (ULIRGs) — through the use of I-band images with WFPC2 and H-band images with NICMOS.