597K views · 7.2K reactions | Intermediate-mass black hole found in Omega Centauri by Hubble. | Cosmoknowledge | Facebook

Omega Centauri — The Ancient Heart of the Galaxy Hidden in the southern sky, Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) rises like a suspended star-ocean — a colossal sphere holding more than 10 million ancient suns in a single gravitational embrace. Each star carries the memory of the universe’s early years, glowing with the quiet endurance of cosmic time. Roughly 15,800 light-years away, it stands as the brightest and most massive globular cluster in the Milky Way. Near its core, stars drift so closely that th

215K views · 3.4K reactions | I captured 10 million stars with one photo. This is Omega Centauri. It's the largest known globular cluster in our Milky Way Galaxy. It is estimated to contain 10 million stars. It's around 15,000 light years from Earth. I captured it with my Celestron RASA telescope, ZWO ASI533MC color camera, and an Antlia L-Filter from Starfront Observatories in Texas. #space #astronomy | Chuck’s Astrophotography | Facebook

Omega Centauri globular cluster. | Cosmoknowledge