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Wide-field of omega Centauri and its surroundings
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Wide-field of omega Centauri and its surroundings
Date: 02 April 2008 Depicts: Sky around NGC 5139 Copyright: A. Fujii Show in archive: true
This image shows the Southern Milky-Way patch with at the centre the constellation of Centaurus, home to the globular cluster omega Centauri (NGC 5139).