Updated 34-band Photometry for the SINGS/KINGFISH Samples of Nearby Galaxies

  • D. A. Dale
  • , D. O. Cook
  • , H. Roussel
  • , J. A. Turner
  • , L. Armus
  • , A. D. Bolatto
  • , M. Boquien
  • , M. J.I. Brown
  • , D. Calzetti
  • , I. De Looze
  • , M. Galametz
  • , K. D. Gordon
  • , B. A. Groves
  • , T. H. Jarrett
  • , G. Helou
  • , R. Herrera-Camus
  • , J. L. Hinz
  • , L. K. Hunt
  • , R. C. Kennicutt
  • , E. J. Murphy
  • A. Rest, K. M. Sandstrom, J. D.T. Smith, F. S. Tabatabaei, C. D. Wilson

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Abstract

We present an update to the ultraviolet-to-radio database of global broadband photometry for the 79 nearby galaxies that comprise the union of the KINGFISH (Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with Herschel) and SINGS (Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey) samples. The 34-band data set presented here includes contributions from observational work carried out with a variety of facilities including GALEX, SDSS, Pan-STARRS1, NOAO, 2MASS, Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, Spitzer, Herschel, Planck, JCMT, and the VLA. Improvements of note include recalibrations of previously published SINGS BVR C I C and KINGFISH far-infrared/submillimeter photometry. Similar to previous results in the literature, an excess of submillimeter emission above model predictions is seen primarily for low-metallicity dwarf or irregular galaxies. This 33-band photometric data set for the combined KINGFISH+SINGS sample serves as an important multiwavelength reference for the variety of galaxies observed at low redshift. A thorough analysis of the observed spectral energy distributions is carried out in a companion paper.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number90
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume837
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2017

Keywords

  • ISM: general Supporting material: extended figure
  • galaxies: ISM
  • galaxies: photometry
  • infrared: ISM

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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