Webb image archive
Infinity Galaxy (NIRCam) with Radio Emission Contour Map (VLA)
Caption This image of the Infinity Galaxy from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam is overlayed with a contour map of data from the Very Large Array radio telescope. The...
- Date
- Jul 15, 2025
- Observatory
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Credit
- NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
- Archive ID
- 01JZJK8WWVS8ME0DGYV2PH4V10
Caption
This image of the Infinity Galaxy from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam is overlayed with a contour map of data from the Very Large Array radio telescope. The center pinpoint of radio emission perfectly lines up with the center of the glowing gas detected in the infrared in between the two nuclei of the galaxies. The detection of radio emission from supermassive black holes informs researchers about the energetics of the object, specifically how it is pulling in surrounding material.
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Credits
Image
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, VLA, Pieter van Dokkum (Yale)