Omega Centauri, NGC 5139, Cory Schmitz
Omega Centauri, NGC 5139, Cory Schmitz

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Omega Centauri, NGC 5139

Located in the constellation Centaurus, Omega Centauri is the largest globular cluster in our Milky Way galaxy.

This is the second target visible only in the southern hemisphere I have imaged since moving to South Africa. Omega Centauri is especially impressive to me coming from the USA and being used to M13, the Hercules globular cluster, which used to seem big.

Image details:

Data acquired on 2013-12-31

23x 2min ISO400

Calibrated with dark, flat, and bias frames

Orion 8" Astrograph

Baader MPCC coma corrector

Canon t2i / 550D DSLR (Baader IR modded)

Celestron CGEM DX mount

Orion SSAG + 50mm finder/guider

Data acquired with BackyardEOS

Calibration, integration, and post-processing with PixInsight

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Omega Centauri, NGC 5139, Cory Schmitz