NGC 5139 (Omega Centauri)
Sketch and Details by Laurent Ferrero
Object Name : NGC 5139 (Omega Centauri)
Object Type : globular cluster
Location : Corral del Niño, Tenerife, Canaries islands
Date : april 2009
Magnificient globular cluster which covers a large scale in the eyepiece at 68x. The cluster looks like at big star’s carpet with little dark holes and no central condensation. The global shape of the object is clearly oval. The observation was made with my Intes 6″.
Best regards,
Laurent
Laurent,
That is a fine sketch of a great globular cluster; a real nest of suns.
Frank 🙂
Laurent,
It has often been speculated that NGC 5139 is the core of a dwarf galaxy absorbed by the Milky Way in the distant past.
With your fine wide field sketch it is easy to understand why this theory has some merit.
Scott.
Franck, Scott,
Thank you!
Scott, it’s true that omega centauri looks like a dwarf galaxie. Finaly, it’s the same thing that Scupltor Dwarf, but in realy more bright.
Thank you Frank and Scott,
It’s true that omega centauri looks like a dwarf galaxie, it’s the same thing that Sculptor dwarf in more bright!
Laurent