Centaurus A Full (NIRCam and MIRI Image)
stsci_2026-120d July 6th, 2026
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph Depasquale (STScI), Macarena Garcia Marin (STScI), CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
This combined view of Centaurus A from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope pairs observations from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Webb's infrared vision exposes a warped disk of gas and dust left behind by a collision with another galaxy billions of years ago.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/centaurus-a-crop-nircam-and-miri-image/
Curator: STScI
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Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared (F090W) | 902.0 nm |
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Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared (F187N (Pa-alpha)) | 1.9 µm |
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Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared (F200W) | 2.0 µm |
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Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared (F277W) | 2.8 µm |
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Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared (F335M) | 3.4 µm |
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Webb (NIRCam) | Infrared (F444W) | 4.4 µm |
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Webb (MIRI) | Infrared (F560W) | 5.6 µm |
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Webb (MIRI) | Infrared (F770W) | 7.6 µm |
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Webb (MIRI) | Infrared (F1000W) | 10.0 µm |
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Victor Blanco (DECam) | - | - |
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- ID
- 2026-120d
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.4 C.5.1.7
- Subject Name
- Centaurus A
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph Depasquale (STScI), Macarena Garcia Marin (STScI), CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2026-07-06
- Lightyears
- 11,000,000
- Redshift
- 0.001877
- Reference Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/centaurus-a-crop-nircam-and-miri-image/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance and redshift auto-populated from SIMBAD (Planck18 cosmology)
- Facility
- Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Victor Blanco
- Instrument
- NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, MIRI, MIRI, MIRI, DECam
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, Orange, Red, Yellow, Orange, Red, Grayscale
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, -
- Bandpass
- F090W, F187N (Pa-alpha), F200W, F277W, F335M, F444W, F560W, F770W, F1000W, -
- Central Wavelength
- 902, 1874, 1990, 2762, 3362, 4421, 5635, 7639, 9953, -
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- 201.3411671178, -43.01427377
- Reference Dimension
- 15566, 17466
- Reference Pixel
- 9761.08, 9380.64
- Scale
- -8.662326868177e-06, -8.661364788222e-06
- Rotation
- 32.626841
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- /image/stsci/2026-120d
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- Telephone
- Address
- City
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- Country
- Rights
- http://stsci.edu/copyright/
- Publisher
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-J-p26120d-f-15566x17466.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2026-120/STSCI-J-p26120d-f-15566x17466.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2026-07-22
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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