Highlights from the VST image of Omega Centauri
This montage shows nine small cutouts from the VST image of Omega Centauri. Although each of them only shows about 0.3% of the full image they are still richly detailed and display the exquisite image quality of the telescope and camera. The upper left panel shows the core of Omega Centauri, where stars are at their densest. The cutouts are then taken from regions of decreasing stellar density and those from the outer parts show many faint galaxies far beyond the cluster.
Crédit:ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: A. Grado/INAF-Capodimonte Observatory
À propos de l'image
Identification: | eso1119f |
Type: | Observation |
Date de publication: | 8 juin 2011 12:00 |
Communiqués de presse en rapport: | eso1119 |
Taille: | 3200 x 2200 px |
À propos de l'objet
Nom: | Omega Centauri |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
Distance: | 17000 années lumière |
Catégorie: | Star Clusters |
Couleurs & filtres
Domaine | Télescope |
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Visible G | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |
Visible R | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |
Infrarouge I | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |