Omega Centauri with the NTT

Four views of Omega Centauri, the largest and most luminous globular cluster in the Milky Way Galaxy. The images, obtained in 1994, come courtesy of ESO's 3.6-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT) at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. The images demonstrate the improvement in spatial resolution (number given in brackets) reached with the active mirror technology of the NTT.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:ntt-omega-cen-1994
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:3 december 2009 23:19
Grootte:6024 x 6081 px

Over het object

Naam:Omega Centauri
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Afstand:17000 lichtjaren
Categorie:Star Clusters

Image Formats

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Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
OptischNew Technology Telescope
OptischESO 3.6-metre telescope
OptischESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope