Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
Image Credit & Copyright: Juergen Stein
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APOD: 2024 July 11 - Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
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in reply to (moving) APOD • • •There is some evidence that Omega Centauri is not a globular cluster, but actually the core of a dwarf galaxy that was disrupted and absorbed by the Milky Way
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Centauri#Disrupted_dwarf_galaxy
globular cluster in the constellation Centaurus
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