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This image was published in Sky & Telescope magazine in the article "My Favorite Deep Sky Objects", Oct 2001, page 112.

• Object: Omega Centauri Globular Cluster (NGC 5139)
• Exposure: 90 minutes @ f/6.7
• Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 EDF
• Mount: Astro-Physics 600E QMD
• Guiding: SBIG ST-4 @ 700mm
• Camera: Pentax 67
• Film: Kodak PPF 400
• Location: Vicuña, Chile
• Date: 17-Apr-02 00:20 CST
• Conditions: transparency 8/10, seeing 7/10, LVM 7, temp 55° F, RH 73%
• Processing: UMAX PowerLook 3000, Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1