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13-Jun-2019

Omega_Centauri

Omega Centauri (ω Cen) or NGC 5139 is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus,
Orbiting the Milky Way, it is both the brightest and the largest known globular cluster associated with our galaxy .
It is located about 15,800 light-years from Earth and contains several million stars.
The stars in its center are so crowded that they are estimated to average only 0.1 light years away from each other.
Omega Centauri is one of the few globular clusters visible to the naked eye and appears about as large as the full Moon.(WIKI)

16" F8 Hypergraph
FLI Proline 16803
ASA DDM Mount - NO guiding

LRGB image
Lum - 12X300 sec bin 1
60X10 sec for the core - bin 1
RGB- 20 min per channel bin2
Total of about 2 HRS

Imaged from Tivoli farm Namibia July 2018


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