Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5064  ·  NGC 5139  ·  NGC 5206  ·  Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri, NGC 5139, emmanuel_valin
Omega Centauri, NGC 5139
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Omega Centauri, NGC 5139

Omega Centauri, NGC 5139, emmanuel_valin
Omega Centauri, NGC 5139
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Omega Centauri, NGC 5139

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My new image taken remotely from SADR Observatory in Chile. Omega Centauri (ω Cen, NGC 5139, or Caldwell 80) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar object by Edmond Halley in 1677. Located at a distance of 17,090 light-years (5,240 parsecs), it is the largest-known globular cluster in the Milky Way at a diameter of roughly 150 light-years.It is estimated to contain approximately 10 million stars, and a total mass equivalent to 4 million solar masses,=10.5px making it the most massive-known globular cluster in the Milky Way.Omega Centauri is very different from most other galactic globular clusters to the extent that it is thought to have originated as the core remnant of a disrupted dwarf galaxy.

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