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NGC 7496 (Webb Image)

Face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 7496. In Webb’s high-resolution infrared images, the gas and dust stand out in stark shades of orange and red, and show finer spiral shapes with the appearance of jagged edges, though these areas are still diffuse. More information: webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/105/01HMC2V0... Read the feature: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-depicts-stagger... Full set of images: webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-1... NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team Image description:The galaxy’s core is at the center, which is connected by a diagonal bar structure to the galaxy’s two spiral arms. They appear to rotate counterclockwise. In Webb’s image, the spiral arms are shades of orange and red, with two prominent red diffraction spikes pointing toward the bottom. The edges of the scene are black. Image & Description by NASA