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Community photo entitled NGC5139 Omega Centauri by Giuseppe Pappa on 05/13/2026 at Namibia(remote control)

NGC5139 Omega Centauri

On 05/13/2026 05:52 pm by Giuseppe Pappa | Website | Namibia(remote control)

May offers the optimal annual window for latitudes around 38-32° North.In this Case I took the images from Namibia(remote control). Wide-field capture of the Milky Way’s most massive globular cluster (~\(4 \times 10^6 \ M_{\odot}\)). The flat field of the AG70 astrograph delivers pinpoint stellar profiles across the entire frame, mapping the steep radial density gradient from the structural outskirts to the unresolved core. Due to its multiple stellar populations with distinct chemical profiles and ages, NGC 5139 is classified as a stripped galactic nucleus—the fossil remnant of a dwarf galaxy accreted by the Milky Way.

Tecnosky AG70 Astrograph (70/350 mm, f/5)

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