Figure 12-15 RIVUXG A Supermassive Black Hole The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million ly from Earth. This composite image is created by combining X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope (red), visible light from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope (yellow). The inset shows the central region containing a bright X-ray source powered by material falling onto a supermassive black hole.