Calibrating Star Formation in WISE using Total Infrared Luminosity

M. E. Cluver, T. H. Jarrett, D. A. Dale +3

We present accurate resolved $WISE$ photometry of galaxies in the combined SINGS and KINGFISH sample. The luminosities in the W3 12$\mu$m and W4 23$\mu$m bands are calibrated to star f…