<ul><li>The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3511, located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Crater.</li><li>NGC 3511 is inclined by about 70 degrees, displaying an intermediate angle between face-on and edge-on galaxies, showing its spiral arms and flattened disk.</li><li>Hubble is observing NGC 3511 as part of a star formation cycle survey in nearby galaxies, using filters to capture different wavelengths of light to study bright red hydrogen gas clouds and young massive stars.</li><li>Astronomers aim to catalog and measure the ages of the young stars in NGC 3511, typically less than a few million years old and more massive than the Sun, to gain insights into star formation processes.</li></ul>

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