Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA's Chandra

chandra_901e August 25th, 2026

Credit: X-ray: (XMM):ESA/XMM-Newton, (Chandra): NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Univ.of Arizona/Mt Lemmon SkyCenter/Adam Block/Josep Drudis; Image Processing: NASA?CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

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 1569

Distance

7,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 30m 49.0s; DEC = 64° 50’ 54.0”
Constellation: Camelopardalis

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray	-
Other: Mount Lemmon	Optical	-
XMM	X-ray	-

ID: 901e
Subject Category
Subject Name: NGC 1569
Credits: X-ray: (XMM):ESA/XMM-Newton, (Chandra): NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Univ.of Arizona/Mt Lemmon SkyCenter/Adam Block/Josep Drudis; Image Processing: NASA?CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

Release Date: 2026-08-25
Lightyears: 7,000,000
Redshift: 7,000,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/galaxies/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Other: Mount Lemmon, XMM-Newton
Instrument: ACIS, -, -
Color Assignment: Blue, Pseudocolor, Purple

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

Start Time: 2000-04-11-00:04, -, -
Integration Time: 106810, -
Dataset ID: 782, 4745
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 67.70416666666667, 64.84833333333333
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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

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

7,000,000 light years