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The final galaxy in the 19 days of #PHANGS series is NGC 7496, a face-on, dusty spiral, as seen by #Hubble and #JWST.

It was discovered on September 5, 1834 by John Herschel, son of astronomer William Herschel and nephew of astronomer Caroline Herschel.

The galaxy is about 60 million light years (19 Mpc) away.
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