Omega Centauri III Saturn blue star clusters and a

blue star clusters and a glimpse into regions normally obscured by the dust

5 hour exposure

Many of the diamond-like icy blue stars are among the most massive stars known

Stellar winds flowing out from this fast-moving star are making ripples in the dust as it approaches

Omega Centauri III Saturn blue star clusters and aThe globular star cluster Omega Centauri has caught the attention of sky watchers ever since the ancient astronomer Ptolemy first cataloged it 2,000 years ago. Ptolemy, however, thought Omega Centauri was a single star. He didn't know that the "star" was actually a beehive swarm of nearly 10 million stars, all orbiting a common center of gravity. The stars are so tightly crammed together that astronomers had to wait for the powerful vision of NASA's