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Hubble looked at the spiral galaxy NGC 7496 to better understand the relationship between young stars and the cold, dense clouds of gas in which they form.

The Hubble image includes observations taken in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light. https://go.nasa.gov/3Sa6Anl
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Cool, so a few questions on the pic

the red star to the right of the centre of the galaxy, is that a red giant? and to the far right of the picture there is something very bright indeed, anothr galaxy or is that a supernova as it looks brighter than the centre of the galaxy.

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