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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION FOR ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING OF GALAXIES

2.1.Ultraviolet Probes of Galaxy Astrophysics

2.1.1.Ages and Metal Abundances of Stellar Populations

2.1.2.Star Formation Histories for t < 1 Gyr

2.1.3.Cold Interstellar Material

2.1.4.Hot Interstellar Material

2.1.5.Nuclear Structures

2.1.6.Low Surface Brightness Systems

2.2.Applications to High-Redshift Galaxies

2.3.UV Imaging of Galaxies

3.OBSERVATIONS AND DATA REDUCTION

3.1.UIT Imaging

3.2.Ground-based Optical Imaging

4.DATA ANALYSIS AND ATLAS PRESENTATION

4.1.Sample Selection

4.2.Treatment of Images

4.3.Flux Calibration and Error Analysis

4.4.Image Atlas

4.5.Photometry

4.6.Length Scales and Light Concentration

5.COMMENTS ON INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS

5.1.Primary Objects

5.2.Secondary Objects

6.DISCUSSION

7.CONCLUSION

8.APPENDIX A: STAR FORMATION HISTORY WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS

9.APPENDIX B: GROWTH CURVE PHOTOMETRY

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