Abstract

We use extragalactic Spitzer-InfraRed Spectrograph (IRS) spectroscopy to determine the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon band, emission line, and stellar and dust continuum contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)-Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) photometric filters, F560W through F1280W, appropriate for z ∼ 0 star-forming galaxies. Our data set consists of 460 IRS-SL spectra from 5.25 to 14.8 μm. Of these, 340 are from large radial strips that sample a wide range of environments across three nearby galaxies. We also include 120 spectra from the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey that are centered on the brightest star-forming regions in 46 nearby galaxies. This large compilation of extragalactic mid-infrared spectra facilitates the interpretation of future work with JWST-MIRI photometry of galaxies.

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