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Omega CentauriBrightest globular cluster, located in the constellation Centaurus. It has a magnitude of 3.7 and is visible to the unaided eye as a faint luminous patch. One of the nearer globular clusters (about 17,000 light-years away), it is estimated to contain hundreds of thousands of stars, including several hundred variable stars. John Herschel (see Herschel family) was the first to recognize it as a star cluster and not a nebula. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The team finds that this cluster, Omega Centauri, is the nucleus of a small galaxy swallowed by the Milky Way. The central region of the globular cluster Omega Centauri (pictured here) occupies a region of the Milky Way some 17,000 light-years from Earth and houses nearly a million stars. The false-color photograph is a computer-enhanced image of stars near the center of the bright globular cluster Omega Centauri (inset). |
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