Omega Centauri wide-field (ground-based image)
In this image there is the Southern Milky-Way patch. At the centre, the constellation of Centaurus, where the globular cluster Omega Centauri is located.
Credit:A. Fujii
About the Image
| Id: | heic0809c |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 2 April 2008, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0809 |
| Size: | 5584 x 4408 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 5139, Omega Centauri |
| Type: | Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Milky Way Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
| Distance: | 17000 light years |
| Category: | Stars |
