Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5139  ·  Omega Centauri
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Omega Centauri, Eduardo Duarte Ziller Fagundes
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This huge ball of stars predates our Sun. Long before humankind evolved, before dinosaurs roamed, and even before our Earth existed, ancient globs of stars condensed and orbited a young Milky WayGalaxy. Of the 200 or so globular clusters that survive today, Omega Centauri is the largest, containing over then million stars. It is also the brightest globular cluster, at apparent visual magnitude 3.9 it is visible to southern observers with the unaided eyes. Cataloged as NGC 5139, Omega Cebtauriis about 18,000 light-years away and 150 ly in diameter. Unlike many other globular clusters, the stars in Omega Centauri show several different ages and trace chemical abundances, indicating that the globular star Cluster has a complex history over its 12 billion year age.

Source: APOD 27/06/2016

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Description: IMAGE REPROCESSED - I believe that I made a more balanced color tuning, also the background is more equilibrated than the previous version - opinions and hints are welcome!

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Omega Centauri, Eduardo Duarte Ziller Fagundes