G. Gavazzi et al., 1.65 mu m (H-band) surface photometry of galaxies - III. observations of 558 galaxies with the TIRGO 1.5 m telescope, ASTR AST SS, 142(1), 2000, pp. 65-72
We present near-infrared H-band (1.65 mu m) surface photometry of 558 galax
ies in the Coma Supercluster and in the Virgo cluster. This data set, obtai
ned with the Arcetri NICMOS3 camera ARNICA mounted on the Gornergrat Infrar
ed Telescope, is aimed at complementing, with observations of mostly early-
type objects, our NIR survey of spiral galaxies in these regions, presented
in previous papers of this series. Magnitudes at the optical radius, total
magnitudes, isophotal radii and light concentration indices are derived. W
e confirm the existence of a positive correlation between the near-infrared
concentration index and the galaxy H-band luminosity(1).