The Panchromatic STARBurst IRregular Dwarf Survey (STARBIRDS) Data
  Understanding star formation in resolved low mass systems requires the
integration of information obtained from observations at different wavelengths.
We have combined new and archival multi-wavelength observations on a set of 20
nearby starburst and post-starburst dwarf galaxies to create a data archive of
calibrated, homogeneously reduced images. Named the panchromatic "STARBurst
IRregular Dwarf Survey" (STARBIRDS) archive, the data are publicly accessible
through the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). This first release of
the archive includes images from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer Telescope
(GALEX), the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and the Spitzer Space Telescope
(Spitzer) MIPS instrument. The datasets include flux calibrated, background
subtracted images, that are registered to the same world coordinate system.
Additionally, a set of images are available which are all cropped to match the
HST field of view. The GALEX and Spitzer images are available with foreground
and background contamination masked. Larger GALEX images extending to 4 times
the optical extent of the galaxies are also available. Finally, HST images
convolved with a 5 arcsec point spread function and rebinned to the larger
pixel scale of the GALEX and Spitzer 24 micron images are provided. Future
additions are planned that will include data at other wavelengths such as
Spitzer IRAC, ground based Halpha, Chandra X-ray, and Green Bank Telescope HI
imaging.
