Caldwell 80 - Omega Centauri globular cluster
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The biggest globular cluster in our Milky Way; it contains about 10 million stars with a total mass of about 4 million suns. According to a theory it is not a real globular cluster like the others but it could be the remnant of a disturbed dwarf galaxy. Whatever it is it is a great object to look at through a telescope and even better to look at this picture taken with the Chili One telescope.
It is the result of 9 missions, each 50sec Luminance and 25 seconds for each of the R, G and B channels. In total about 19 minutes exposure.
It is combined and processed in PixInsight.
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