Globular Star
Cluster "Omega Centauri"
NGC 5139
This great southern Globular Star Cluster can easily be observed with the naked eye as the bright diffuse star Omega in the constellation Centaurus. Containing more than 1-million stars this globular is not only the brightest in the southern skies but also the largest known globular star cluster in our galaxy.

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