<ul><li>The sparkling spiral galaxy UGC 5460 sits about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.</li><li>Hubble collected data for three observing programs to study various kinds of supernovae in UGC 5460.</li><li>Hubble observed SN 2015as, a core-collapse supernova, to understand the collision of its expanding shockwave with surrounding gas.</li><li>Hubble also studied SN 2011ht, a potential impostor called a luminous blue variable, to determine the origin of its eruptions.</li></ul>

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