NGC 5139 is a large globular cluster, given the more common name Omega Centauri and is the most massive-known globular cluster in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is located in the constellation of Centaurus in the southern sky, at a distance of around 4.8 (+- 0.34) kiloparsecs from Earth, and contains approximately 10 million stars. […]

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