NGC 5139 (Omega Centaurus)

 

Omega Centauri (ω Cen), or NGC 5139, is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus 

that was identified by Edmond Halley in 1677. Located at a distance of 15,800 light-years,

it is the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way galaxy at a diameter of roughly 150 light-years

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SBIG STX16803 FW5 (Baader 65mm )

RCOS14.25" RGB 20:20:30 mins

Paramount PME.

Processing CCDops, MaxImDL 6.0, Photoshop 6

Image copyight Peter J Ward 2012, 2015