Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5139  ·  Omega Centauri
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Omega Centauri, Jan Zettergren
Omega Centauri
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Omega Centauri

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Omega Centauri, Jan Zettergren
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Omega Centauri

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Omega Centauri contains approximately 10 million stars and is about 16,000 light-years away. The ancient astronomer Ptolemy thought Omega Centauri was a star, and Edmond Halley identified it as a nebula in 1677.
Somewhat happy with this processing. three hours form Chile in RGB
WBPP
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Bill Blanchan Linked stretch
Curves transformation
Final jpg in LR

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Omega Centauri, Jan Zettergren

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