NGC 5139 - OMEGA CENTAURI The largest globular cluster in the Milky Way Galaxy! Visible only during a brief period each Spring from the southernmost United States, NGC 5139 is approximately 16,000 light years away in the constellation Centaurus. It is contains about 2 million stars and is around 200 light years in diameter.

L17.5/R15/G15/B15 no binning

Imaged at Zodiac Ranch Fort Davis, TX April 2003

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