Omega Centauri
At a glance
- Type
- Star cluster
- Distance
- Milky Way
- Naked eye
- Seen without a telescope
- Known since
- Before telescopes (before 1600)
- Colour
- White, Yellow
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- It is the biggest globular star cluster in our galaxy, with about 10 million stars.
- Almost 2,000 years ago Ptolemy listed it in his star catalogue as a single star.
Could you guess it from clues?
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q14275 · All space objects · All entries