Centaurus A Full (NIRCam Only)
stsci_2026-120e 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
What may first appear as a grainy glow is actually a dense field of millions of individually resolved stars. By distinguishing different generations of stars embedded throughout the dusty center, Webb gives astronomers new clues to the galaxy's history and the processes that continue to shape it.
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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Victor Blanco (DECam) | - | - |
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- ID
- 2026-120e
- 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, Victor Blanco
- Instrument
- NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, DECam
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, Orange, Red, Grayscale
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, -
- Bandpass
- F090W, F187N (Pa-alpha), F200W, F277W, F335M, F444W, -
- Central Wavelength
- 902, 1874, 1990, 2762, 3362, 4421, -
- 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/2026-120e
- 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-p26120e-f-15566x17466.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2026-120/STSCI-J-p26120e-f-15566x17466.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2026-07-22
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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