Few telescopic sights can compare to the Omega Centauri globular star cluster. A portion of the estimated one million stars concentrated in this stellar ball is reveled in this image. Visible low on the horizon from mid-northern latitudes in early Spring, Omega Centauri cannot be fully appreciated until it is viewed from the Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Our 6-inch refractor telescope presented the object visually much as it appears here -- thousands of tiny pinpoints of light concentrated into a large, slightly elliptical formation. Views through even larger telescopes are an experience not soon forgotten by the lucky observer.

Technical Details:

• Subject: Omega Centauri
• Instrument: Astro Physics 6" f/7.1 EDF Refractor
• Exposure: 40 minutes
• Film: Kodak PPF 400 (unhypersensitized)
• Location: Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
• Photographer(s): John Gleason & Steve Mandel

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