Luxel’s filters on NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory are partnering up with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to reveal some new iconic images for Stephan’s Quintet, Cartwheel Galaxy, SMACS 0723.3–7327, and NGC 3324, The Cosmic Cliffs of the Carina Nebula. Despite being the most powerful space telescope yet built, JWST isn’t going to examine the universe in isolation. In fact, it may be at its most effective when paired with other instruments, like Chandra.

JWST is designed to see the cosmos in infrared, so its work is particularly enhanced when combined with instruments that observe space in different wavelengths of light, such as Chandra with its X-ray vision. Chandra data generally show higher-energy phenomena (like superheated gas and the remnants of exploded stars) than Webb’s infrared view. The first images to be given an upgrade with Chandra X-ray data reveal new features that weren’t visible to JWST alone and they plan to partner the data from the two telescopes in the future to investigate many different objects, according to a NASA statement.

Photo credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; IR (Spitzer): NASA/JPL-Caltech; IR (Webb): NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI