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Omega Centauri (NGC 5139)

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Omega Centauri (NGC 5139)

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Imagine yourself as an astronomer near the core of this cluster, where the stars are only 0.1 light-year apart. Night would look like day. The most glorious of all globular clusters is Omega Centauri (NGC 5139).

Omega Centauri is a Globular Cluster located in the constellation of Centaurus. Omega Centauri is referred to as NGC 5139 in the New General Catalogue. This is a list of deep space objects that was compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888 in an update to John Herschel's earlier catalogue. Omega Centauri is not a Messier Object and doesn't have a Messier Number.

A naked-eye star is a star that can be seen in the night sky without using binoculars or telescope. As a guide, the nearest naked-eye star to Omega Centauri is 205 G. Centauri. Although visible eye stars can go to 6.5 in magnitude, the dimmest star for this will be a 6.0.

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