Omega Centauri

NASA is already putting the recent upgrade to the Hubble Telescope to good use. Below is an image of Omega Centauri, which is one of the first photographs taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3.

From NASA:

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope snapped this panoramic view of a colorful assortment of 100,000 stars residing in the crowded core of a giant star cluster. This is one of the first images taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3 that was installed aboard Hubble in May 2009 during Servicing Mission 4, which can snap sharp images over a broad range of wavelengths.

Image Credit: NASA

~ by metousiosis on September 10, 2009.

One Response to “Omega Centauri”

  1. That’s just sick.

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