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We present a systematic imaging survey of 37 nearby galaxies observed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) in the mid-UV F300W filter, centered at 2930 A ˚ , as well as in the I-band (F814W) filter at 8230 A ˚. Eleven of these galaxies were also imaged in the F255W filter, centered at 2550 A ˚. Our sample is carefully selected to include galaxies of sufficiently small radius and high predicted mid-UV surface brightness to be detectable with WFPC2 in one orbit and covers a wide range of Hubble types and inclinations. The mid-UV (2000–3200 A ˚ ) spans the gap between ground-based UBV-R(IJHK) images, which are available or were acquired for the current study, and far-UV images available from the Astro/UIT missions for 15 galaxies in our sample. The first qualitative results from our study are as follows: 1. Early-type galaxies show a significant decrease in surface brightness going from the red to the mid-UV,
Windhorst et al. (Fri,) studied this question.