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> The globular cluster Omega Centauri, NGC 5139

The globular cluster Omega Centauri, NGC 5139

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-agb51-39013

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 34 cm

The second released VST (VLT Survey Telescope) image may be the best portrait of the globular star cluster Omega Centauri ever made. Omega Centauri, in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), is the largest globular cluster in the sky, but the very wide field of view of VST and its powerful camera OmegaCAM can encompass even the faint outer regions of this spectacular object. This view includes about 300 000 stars.

Keywords for this photo:

2011 - ASTRONOMY - CENTAURUS - GLOBULAR CLUSTER - NGC 5139 - OMEGA CENTAURI - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - VARIABLE STAR - VST -