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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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  NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage  This Hubble image focuses in on  the globular cluster M13. Click on  the picture for a zoomable view. Astronomers are offering a double dose of cosmic ornaments for the holiday, in the form of stunning images of globular clusters. From the Hubble Space...  
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Omega Centauri. Fantastic! Image Credit: ESO This has to be one of the finest images of a globular cluster ever taken.  This particular image was taken at ESO’s La Silla Observatory.  Another good reason to visit the southern hemisphere although it’s not far out of sight for me. Omega Centauri...  
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Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 - Omega Centauri is one of the finest jewels of the southern hemisphere night sky, as ESO's latest stunning image beautifully illustrates. Containing millions of stars, this globular cluster is located roughly 17 000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of...  
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Omega Centauri. Credit: ESO A new image of Omega Centauri shows the globular cluster glittering away as one of the finest jewels of the southern hemisphere night sky. It contains millions of stars and is located about 17,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus, and...  
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Omega Centauri is one of the finest jewels of the southern hemisphere night sky, as ESO's latest stunning image beautifully illustrates. Containing millions of stars, this globular cluster is located roughly 17 000 light-years from Earth in the ...  
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Omega Centauri is one of the finest jewels of the southern hemisphere night sky, as ESO's latest stunning image beautifully illustrates.  
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Like a whirl of shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, Hubble catches an instantaneous glimpse of many hundreds of thousands of stars moving about in the globular cluster M13, one of the brightest and best-known globular clusters in the northern sky.  
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Astro Vereniging Omega Centauri afdeling Het Groene Hart, presenteert op 22 november 2008 in Party centrum de Meijert een grandioze bijeenkomst! ...  
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The beautiful Double Cluster in Perseus, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules and The Andromeda Galaxy, over 2.2 million light years away, ...  
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A globular cluster, like the great cluster in Hercules, appears as a compact ball of hundreds of thousands of stars. First of all, there is a better reason ...  
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Near Enif is the spectacular globular cluster M15, a compact ball of hundreds of thousands stars. This is one of the finest globular clusters visible ...  
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A globular cluster some eight thousand light-years away from Earthcontains stars that were born early in the Universe's 14-billion yearhistory. ...  
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Scorpius is loaded with deep-sky goodies like globular cluster M4 and open clusters M6 and M7. Ophiuchus, the Serpent Holder, is considered the only ...  
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The dominant error in globular cluster age determinations is the uncertain Population II distance scale. We propose to use FGS 1r to obtain parallaxes with ...  
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