Calibration of the Tully-Fisher relation in the WISE W1 ($3.4\mu \rm m$) and W2 ($4.6\mu \rm m$) Bands

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In this paper, we present our calibrations of the TF relation in the mid-infrared W1 ($3.4\mu$m) and W2 ($4.6\mu$m) bands, using large samples 848 galaxies and 857 galaxies in the W1 and W2 bands respectively.

• In this calibration we performed a correction for the cluster population incompleteness bias, and a morphological type correction.
• The calibration was performed using a new, iterative bivariate fitting procedure.
• For these calibrations we used the total absolute magnitudes, and HI linewidths $W_{F50}$ derived from the HI global profiles as a measure of the rotational velocities.