Star Cluster Omega Centauri II Hollywood indicate infrared light from illuminated

indicate infrared light from illuminated clouds containing carbon-rich molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

the large gray Pilan Patera circle was not present in images

This picture was created from images taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Camera for Surveys through three different filters (F550M

the first to be released publicly from VISTA

resulting in their slight displacement in each color

Star Cluster Omega Centauri II Hollywood indicate infrared light from illuminatedThe 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