Provided following are various stages during the life of a high-mass star. rank the stages based on when they occur, from first to last.

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(1) contracting cloud of gas and dust

(2) protostar

(3) main-sequence O star

(4) red supergiant

(5) supernova

(6) neutron star

Here are the following items to be arranged:

- protostar

- supernova

- contracting cloud of gas and dust

- main-sequence O star

- red supergiant

- neutron star