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

Authors :: Dale, D. A.
Cook, D. O.
Roussel, H.
Turner, J. A.
Armus, L.
Bolatto, A. D.
Boquien, M.
Brown, M. J. I.
Calzetti, D.
De Looze, I.
Galametz, M.
Gordon, K. D.
Groves, B. A.
Jarrett, T. H.
Helou, G.
Herrera-Camus, R.
Heinze, J. L.
Hunt, L. K.
Kennicutt, R. C.
Murphy, E. J.
Rest, A.
Sandstrom, K. M.
Smith, J. -D. T.
Tatabaei, F. S.
Wilson, C. D.
Publication Year :: 2017
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 dataset presented here includes contributions from observational work carried out with a variety of facilities including GALEX, SDSS, PS, NOAO, 2MASS, WISE, Spitzer, Herschel, Planck, JCMT, and the VLA. Improvements of note include recalibrations of previously-published SINGS BVRcIc 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/irregular galaxies. This 34-band photometric dataset for the combined KINGFISH$+$SINGS sample serves as an important multi-wavelength 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.<br />Comment: Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal; object, sky, and contaminant apertures are available from the first author