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Heaven’s Mirror Observatory, Australia (Martin Pugh)
Planewave CDK 17” (f = 2940 mm)
SBIG STXL11002 with AOX
Astrodon LRGB Gen II
Paramount ME
L 4x10, RGB 6x10 each filter
03 h 40 min
data acquired by Martin Pugh
image processing by Markus Blauensteiner
NGC 5139 (Omega Centauri) in Centaur
Globular Star Cluster
Cen
2018-05
15.500 light years
5.3 mag
55’
The diameter of the globular cluster is about 150 light years.
It consists of approximately 10 million stars.