Star clusters
The majestic globular Omega Centauri
April 2, 2008 · ESA/Hubble · NGC 5139 , Omega Centauri · Centaurus
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A new discovery has resolved some of the mystery surrounding Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky. Images obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and data obtained by the GMOS spectrograph on the Gemini South telescope in Chile show that Omega Centauri appears to harbour an elusive intermediate-mass black hole in its centre.
More Hubble images of NGC 5139 , Omega Centauri
Hubblecast 30: rebirth of an iconSeptember 9, 2009
Colourful stars galore inside the globular star cluster Omega CentauriSeptember 9, 2009
Wide-field of Omega Centauri and its surroundings (DSS2, ground-based image)April 2, 2008
Omega Centauri wide-field (ground-based image)April 2, 2008
Peering into the Core of a Globular ClusterOctober 4, 2001Omega CentauriJuly 10, 2024
IMBH Candidate in Omega CentauriJuly 10, 2024
Omega Centauri (cropped)July 10, 2024