Star Cluster Omega Centauri II Hollywood resulting in their slight displacement

resulting in their slight displacement in each color

This million-second-long exposure reveals some of the first galaxies that were formed soon after the Big Bang

swarm around the center of bright globular cluster M15

200 kilometers) above the planet’s beautiful cloud tops

the first to be released publicly from VISTA

Star Cluster Omega Centauri II Hollywood resulting in their slight displacementThe second released VST image may be the best portrait of the globular star cluster Omega Centauri ever made. Omega Centauri, in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), is the largest globular cluster in the sky, but the very wide field of view of VST and its powerful camera OmegaCAM can encompass even the faint outer regions of this spectacular object. This view includes about 300,000 stars. The data were processed using the VST Tube system