The remarkable central structure of the barred galaxy NGC 1415

A remarkable structure is observed in the innermost regions of the barred g alaxy NGC 1415: a small stellar bar; bright circumnuclear ionized gas, seen in H alpha; two bright ionized gas sources, seen in H alpha, just beyond t he ends of the small bar; and a boxy distribution of optical continuum. We have developed a mass distribution model consisting of a disk, a bulge, and a bar to approximate the observed central morphology and its surface brigh tness. In order to reproduce the observed optical brightness distribution, a two-component bar was used, with one component to model the elongated iso photes of the bar and the second component to model the boxy-shaped isophot es. We interpret the circumnuclear ionized gas as forming a circumnuclear r ing and the two bright sources as a nuclear and/or circumnuclear outflow sl ightly out of the plane of the disk.