Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5139  ·  Omega Centauri
NGC5139 - The Great Omega Centauri Globular Cluster, Robert Metcalf
NGC5139 - The Great Omega Centauri Globular Cluster
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NGC5139 - The Great Omega Centauri Globular Cluster

NGC5139 - The Great Omega Centauri Globular Cluster, Robert Metcalf
NGC5139 - The Great Omega Centauri Globular Cluster
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NGC5139 - The Great Omega Centauri Globular Cluster

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The great globular star cluster of Centauri, estimated to be around 10 million stars all gravitationally bound together.

This cluster is so dense it is thought that at the centre the stars are less than 0.1LY apart.

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NGC5139 - The Great Omega Centauri Globular Cluster, Robert Metcalf