Chandra Joins In Discovery of Infinity Galaxy and Possible Newborn Black Hole

chandra_867 July 15th, 2025

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Yale Univ./P. van Dokkum et al.; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/JWST; Image Processing:NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk; NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/A. Pagan

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/infinity/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Infinity Galaxy

Distance

8,300,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 10h 0m 14.2s; DEC = 2° 13’ 11.8”
Orientation: North is 3.4° CW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Sextans

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray	-
Webb	Infrared	-

ID: 867
Subject Category
Subject Name: Infinity Galaxy
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Yale Univ./P. van Dokkum et al.; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/JWST; Image Processing:NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk; NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/A. Pagan

Release Date: 2025-07-15
Lightyears: 8,300,000,000
Redshift: 1.14
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/infinity/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Moderate
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-ray Observatory, JWST
Instrument: ACIS, -
Color Assignment: Purple, Pseudocolor

Band: X-ray, Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 2006-12-19-2018, -
Integration Time: 194260, -
Dataset ID: 8006, 8007, 8012, 8013, 8497, 8503
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 150.05917190000, 2.21993110000
Reference Dimension: 864, 864

Reference Pixel: 393.41347935587, 448.53918457031
Scale: -0.00000128720, 0.00000127037
Rotation: -3.39296399726
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center

Creator (Curator): Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Email: cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu

Telephone: 617.496.7941
Address: 60 Garden St.
City: Cambridge
State/Province: MA

Postal Code: 02138
Country: USA
Rights: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

Publisher: Chandra X-ray Center
Publisher ID: chandra
Resource ID: infinity.tif

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/infinity/infinity.tif
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Metadata Date: 2025-09-02
Metadata Version: 1.2

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8,300,000,000 light years