Globular cluster. Optical image of the globular star cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139,lower right) in the constellation Centaurus,the centaur. North is at top. Omega Centauri is a ball of over a million stars which lies 16,000 light years from Earth. Globular clusters are found in a halo around the Milky Way and are thought to be very old structures | |
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