Posted on 07/11/2024 1:20:37 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Globular star cluster Omega Centauri packs about 10 million stars much older than the Sun into a volume some 150 light-years in diameter. Also known as NGC 5139, at a distance of 15,000 light-years it's the largest and brightest of 200 or so known globular clusters that roam the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Though most star clusters consist of stars with the same age and composition, the enigmatic Omega Cen exhibits the presence of different stellar populations with a spread of ages and chemical abundances. In fact, Omega Cen may be the remnant core of a small galaxy merging with the Milky Way. With a yellowish hue, Omega Centauri's red giant stars are easy to pick out in this sharp telescopic view. A two-decade-long exploration of the dense star cluster with the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed evidence for a massive black hole near the center of Omega Centauri.
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Such objects (if that's the right word for them) affect space for hundreds of thousands — even millions — of light years around them.
Such power stuns the imagination. It is only through the infinite scalability of mathematics that we can begin to comprehend it.
Sound like it would be good in smoothy. Sounds healthy.
Sounds like it would be good in smoothy. Sounds healthy.
Most galaxies have supermassive black holes at their center, but some do not. One reason is the supermassive black hole is slingshot out at high speed due to a sort of lopsided collision with another. But every galaxy should have at least some stellar-mass black holes which do not influence space for light years around them. Neutron stars are also stellar-mass remnants but not massive enough to form a black hole.
Wow.
I would love to see it. I’m too far North.
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