Discovered by Edmond Halley in 1677 NGC 5139 is better known as Omega Centauri. It is the most luminous Milky Way globular and the brightest globular cluster in the sky. With a 5 million solar mass, it has about the same mass as some of the smallest galaxies.
| RA | DEC | MAGNITUDE | DIAMETER | DISTANCE |
| 13 26 46 | -47 28 37 | 3.8 | 55 x 55 ARC MIN | 17,300 LY |
This image was created by median combining 5 x 60 second unfiltered images taken using a remotely controlled telescope in Australia - while sitting in my study in Daventry, England.
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.
This page was last updated on February 4th 2011.