Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA's Chandra

chandra_901a August 25th, 2026

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/Hubble Heritage Team; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/J. Lee and T. Williams; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare, J. Major, K. Arcand

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/galaxies/

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: NGC 1672

Distance

60,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 45m 42.1s; DEC = -59° 14’ 56.0”
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

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

ID: 901a
Subject Category
Subject Name: NGC 1672
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/Hubble Heritage Team; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/J. Lee and T. Williams; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare, J. Major, K. Arcand

Release Date: 2026-08-25
Lightyears: 60,000,000
Redshift: 60,000,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/galaxies/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope
Instrument: ACIS, -, -
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor, Purple

Band: Infrared, Optical, X-ray
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 2006-04-30T13:04:27, -, -
Integration Time: 39648.31, -, -
Dataset ID: 5932
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 71.42541666666666, -59.24888888888889
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Quality: Position
FITS Header
Notes

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

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/galaxies/galaxies.tif
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Metadata Date: 2026-08-26
Metadata Version: 1.2

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60,000,000 light years