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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
Explanation:
Pictured above is the largest ball of stars in our Galaxy. About 10 million stars orbit the center of this globular cluster [ http://www.ucolick.…] - named Omega Centauri [ http://www.astro.ls…] - as this giant globular cluster [ http://spacelink.ms…] orbits the center of our Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Recent evidence indicates that Omega Centauri [ http://www.as.utexa…] is by far the most massive of the about 160 globular clusters [ http://ast.leeds.ac…] in the Milky Way [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The stars in globular clusters [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are generally older, redder and less massive than our Sun. Studying globular clusters [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] tells us about the history of our Galaxy [ http://www.astro.wa…] and the age of the universe [ http://ast.leeds.ac…].
Credit and Copyright:
P. Seitzer (U. Michigan [ http://www.astro.ls…])
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Washington
facet_where:
Michigan
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Sun
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USERS
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap960221

Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
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