Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS - JWST ("PHANGS-JWST")

The PHANGS program is building a panchromatic dataset to enable the multi-phase, multi-scale study of star formation across nearby spiral galaxies. PHANGS combines Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) CO(2-1) mapping, Very Large Telescope/Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (VLT/MUSE) optical spectroscopy, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) UV-optical imaging, and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) infrared imaging among other supporting datasets. PHANGS is using these data to study the star formation cycle and various phases of the interstellar medium.

Here, the team provides image products from their Cycle 1 Treasury survey for 19 galaxies. The dataset consists of 8 JWST bands from NIRCam and MIRI (F200W, F300M, F335M, F360M, F770W, F1000W, F1130W, F2100W) which trace star light, including deeply embedded clusters, as well as various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) dust features and the underlying dust continuum.