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NGC 5139 Omega Centauri, Skorpi79
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NGC 5139 Omega Centauri

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NGC 5139 Omega Centauri

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In June 2022, I took an astro trip to Namibia with five friends. We lived at the Rooisand Desert Ranch.
https://rooisand.com/

We borrowed the telescopes from Faried Abusahli.
https://www.deepskysafaris.com

Here now the second astro image NGC 5139 "Omega Centauri".

I deliberately chose a shorter exposure time.
So the nucleus could be preserved and was not overexposed.
The colors of the stars come out better.

In Namibia you can see Omega Centauri with the naked eye.
If you know where it is located this is no problem.

Omega Centauri is very large compared to the star cluster M13.
If you look with a telescope into the center of Omega Centauri, you are lost in a splendor of stars.

Best regards and CS

Matthias

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NGC 5139 Omega Centauri, Skorpi79