Zhúlóng: The most distant spiral galaxy
At the center of this image, placed subtly amongst the dense galactic field, is Zhúlóng, the most distant spiral galaxy discovered to date. It has remarkably well-defined spiral arms, a central old bulge, and a large star-forming disk, resembling the structure of the Milky Way. This galaxy was discovered as part of the PANORAMIC Survey — a wide-area imaging survey being conducted with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Credit:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/NASA/CSA/ESA/M. Xiao (University of Geneva)/G. Brammer (Niels Bohr Institute)/D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2516c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | April 16, 2025, noon |
Related releases: | noirlab2516 |
Size: | 17735 x 11309 px |
About the Object
Constellation: | Sextans |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Wallpapers
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 10 0 29.64 |
Position (Dec): | 2° 5' 39.41" |
Field of view: | 5.90 x 3.76 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.2° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical I | 814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
Infrared | 1.5 μm | James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam |
Infrared | 2.77 μm | James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam |
Infrared | 4.44 μm | James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam |