Galaxy with an azure cloud filled with giant stars is the Hubble Picture of the Week pick

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The latest ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week features a strikingly bright galaxy called Markarian 178 (Mrk 178). The galaxy is loaded with numerous young, hot stars. But even more interesting is the presence of a rare class of stars called Wolf-Rayet stars.

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