Omega Centauri
Star cluster
The catalogue that supplied this record classes it more precisely as a globular cluster.
The largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky, a single swarm holding more stars than any other that circles our galaxy.
Can you see it tonight?
Where are you?
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What it looks like
A photograph of this patch of sky, taken by a telescope on the ground. Omega Centauri sits in the middle, with the surrounding sky around it.
Brightness adjusted so faint detail shows. Every picture here is a rendering of the survey's measurements rather than a measurement itself, and this is the same setting for all of them.
- Position
- 201.69121, -47.47686Source: NASA Extragalactic Database
- Brightness
- about 5.33Source: SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Apparent size
- about 27 arcminutesSource: HEASARC mwsc table
- Constellation
- CentaurusSource: OpenNGC
Catalogue designations
NGC5139, C 080, MWSC 2120
Source: OpenNGC