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The central core of Webb’s image of NGC 7496 is very small compared to the rest of the galaxy. This central region starts as a bright white dot that melts into bright oranges. Eight prominent diffraction spikes emanate from the center, taking up about one sixth of the image. A bright orange arc that looks like a thin, backward S forms a bar and two of the face-on spiral galaxy’s arms. The majority of the image shows shades of orange and red, forming irregular, diffuse spiral shapes that flow counterclockwise. The corners and a few gaps among the spiral arms are largely black, and where larger or smaller bright blue dots appear. Several prominent, larger red, red-and-white, and red-and-blue dots appear toward the edges.