Omega Centauri wide-field (ground-based image)
In this image there is the Southern Milky-Way patch. At the centre, the constellation of Centaurus, where the globular cluster Omega Centauri is located.
Credit:A. Fujii
About the Image
Id: | heic0809c |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 2 April 2008, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0809 |
Size: | 5584 x 4408 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 5139, Omega Centauri |
Type: | Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Milky Way Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
Distance: | 17000 light years |
Category: | Stars |
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