Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

Omega Centauri is a globular cluster of stars more than 15,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. Omega Centauri was discovered in 1677 by Edmond Halley.

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"A rousing evening of errant sonic submersion with interpretative dance contest. Audience members wishing to participate in the contest will be notified on which song to begin their machinations. The band Globular Cluster will select as winner, the person providing the best interpretation of their song. The prize is your choice of: a T-shirt, a spot in the band, or an order of crab rangoon." Read More...Digg this | Email to a friend | Reddit  
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Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team, July 2009 Wow.  Fresh from the newly upgraded Hubble, the center of globular cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139).  Discovered by Edmond Halley in 1677 (who thought it was a nebula), Ptolemy thought the cluster was a single star 2000 years ago, and listed it in his [...]  
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Ultraviolet image of the globular cluster NGC 1851 in the southern constellation Columba..This item belongs to: image/nasa.This item has files of the following types: JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata  
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*Description*: These images show young and old white dwarf stars ? the burned-out relics of normal stars ? in the ancient globular star cluster NGC 6397. The image at left, taken by a ground-based telescope, shows the dense swarm of hundreds of thousands of stars that make up the globular cluster....This item belongs to: image/nasa.This item has files of the following types: JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata  
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Notes[1] Open, or galactic, star clusters are not to be confused with globular clusters ― huge balls of tens of thousands of ancient stars in orbit around our galaxy and others. It seems that most stars, including our Sun, formed in open clusters.[2] The Coal Sack is a dark nebula in the Southern Hemisphere, near the Southern Cross, that can be seen with the unaided eye. A dark nebula is not the complete absence of light, but an interstellar...  
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