Abstract
Near Infrared (K 0 band) surface photometry has been obtained for 102 (88 late-type) Virgo cluster galaxies. A subset of 20 galaxies was also imaged in the H band. Magnitudes and diameters within the 21.5 and 22.0 mag arcsec 2 isophote, concentration indices and total H and K 0 magnitudes are derived. Basic statistical proper- ties of a complete sample of spiral galaxies spanning the range 6:3 <K 0 <13: 5a re given. 1 Samples of galaxies selected from nearby clusters are gen- erally complete over a large range of observable properties due to their known distance. They therefore provide a nat- ural basis for the statistical study of key physical proper- ties such as star-formation history, gas content, metallic- ity, and cosmic ray production rate over a considerable dy- namic range. In particular, the proximity and high galac- tic latitude of the Virgo cluster make it a unique labora- tory for the statistical study of a complete volume-limited
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