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Omega Centauri with Chile Two telescope of the slooh network, processing with Pixinsight. Omega Centauri (also known as C 80) is commonly classified as a globular cluster, the brightest observable from Earth. It is observed in the constellation Centaurus. It is probably what remains of a dwarf galaxy absorbed by our Milky Way; In fact, a black hole was found inside. Omega Centauri can be observed without difficulty on clear nights even with the naked eye; However, its declination of -47° means that it is observable only from the fortieth parallel north, and that it is visible without difficulty only from the Tropic of Cancer. Some observers have exceptionally seen it through a telescope and photographed it from latitude 42° north.
It looks like a third-magnitude star, apparently a little blurred, to the north-east of the bright constellation of the Southern Cross; With binoculars or an amateur telescope it shows itself instead as a large nebulous spot, extended over half a degree in diameter and brighter in the center. For its complete resolution requires a powerful telescope.
Its declination is strongly austral, therefore this object is not observable from many of the inhabited regions of the northern hemisphere, such as almost all of Europe and much of North America; From some inhabited regions of the southern hemisphere, on the contrary, it is circumpolar. The best time for its observation in the evening sky is between February and August
Omega_Centauri-3
Omega Centauri with Chile Two telescope of the slooh network, processing with Pixinsight. Omega Centauri (also known as C 80) is commonly classified as a globular cluster, the brightest observable from Earth. It is observed in the constellation Centaurus. It is probably what remains of a dwarf galaxy absorbed by our Milky Way; In fact, a black hole was found inside. Omega Centauri can be observed without difficulty on clear nights even with the naked eye; However, its declination of -47° means that it is observable only from the fortieth parallel north, and that it is visible without difficulty only from the Tropic of Cancer. Some observers have exceptionally seen it through a telescope and photographed it from latitude 42° north.
It looks like a third-magnitude star, apparently a little blurred, to the north-east of the bright constellation of the Southern Cross; With binoculars or an amateur telescope it shows itself instead as a large nebulous spot, extended over half a degree in diameter and brighter in the center. For its complete resolution requires a powerful telescope.
Its declination is strongly austral, therefore this object is not observable from many of the inhabited regions of the northern hemisphere, such as almost all of Europe and much of North America; From some inhabited regions of the southern hemisphere, on the contrary, it is circumpolar. The best time for its observation in the evening sky is between February and August