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Wide-field of omega Centauri and its surroundings


Date: 02 April 2008
Depicts: Sky around NGC 5139
Copyright: A. Fujii

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).
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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