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The largest globular star cluster of the Milky Way. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
Featured palette: Hubble view of the core (Sampled from this image)
#5A5856#21201F#3E3B3A#605D5B#090808#8A8784#CAC6C1
Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)Acknowlegement: A. Cool (San Francisco State Univ.) and J. Anderson (STScI). · released 2 April 2008
About Omega Centauri
The largest globular star cluster of the Milky Way.
| Classification | Star cluster (globular cluster) |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | NGC 5139 |
| Distance | 17,000 light-yearsdistance stated by the image publisher · ESA/Hubble |
| Observed light (this view) | B, Pseudogreen (B+R), R |
Why these colours?
Hubble view of the core
Star colours from Hubble filters: hotter stars bluer, cooler giants redder. Filters listed by the publisher: B (435 nm), Pseudogreen (B+R), R (625 nm).
From: Hubble view of the core Visible-light composite
Colour clusters describe pixels in an image; they cannot identify a mineral, a gas or a physical temperature. Shares of pixels describe the sampled region of the image, not the object’s surface.
Colours from selected views
Palettes sampled from identified images and regions, or calculated from a documented model. These values describe each image or model, not one permanent colour of Omega Centauri.
Hubble view of the core
Sampled from this image · Hubble view of the core
#5A5856RGB 90, 88, 86region average#21201FRGB 33, 32, 3126% of the region#3E3B3ARGB 62, 59, 5823% of the region#605D5BRGB 96, 93, 9118% of the region#090808RGB 9, 8, 817% of the region#8A8784RGB 138, 135, 13211% of the region#CAC6C1RGB 202, 198, 1934% of the region
See where these colours came from
Creative palettes inspired by Omega Centauri
A design derived from the selected representation. It is not a scientific colour measurement. Each colour keeps the sampled colour it was made from.
Inspired by Omega Centauri
Inspired by this object
#2F2D2DRGB 47, 45, 45from #090808#504E4DRGB 80, 78, 77from #21201F#757170RGB 117, 113, 112from #3E3B3A#9A9795RGB 154, 151, 149from #605D5B#C1BEBBRGB 193, 190, 187from #8A8784#EBE7E2RGB 235, 231, 226from #CAC6C1
Colours of the first view of Omega Centauri with their lightness spread evenly, for a design palette.
Explore the views
Pick a colour from the image. Click or tap the picture to read a colour. Picked colours are yours, not catalogue samples.
No supported 3D model is available for this view. You can still inspect the source imagery and palette.
Use these colours
Every palette above opens in the palette generator. With JavaScript you can also add colours to your cosmic palette, save them, make a gradient or pattern, preview them in a design or a room (you choose which colour goes on which surface), check digital accessibility and export them. Each colour keeps the view and sample it came from.
Paint matches compare digital swatches for design inspiration. They are not physical equivalents of light from space. Edits create a new design palette. The original representation remains unchanged.
Sources
- Hubble FAQs — image processing and colour — NASA
- The majestic globular Omega Centauri — ESA/Hubble
Image credits
- Hubble view of the core: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)Acknowlegement: A. Cool (San Francisco State Univ.) and J. Anderson (STScI). CC BY 4.0. Resized for the web from the publisher’s file (sha256 757932db381d8ab5065ee537464a2332fd15afbe17123c7e07a0fed3be578419).
Images were resized once for the web; colours were measured from the published files (k-means in OKLab, pcke-oklab-kmeans-1); calculated colours use the CIE 1931 2° observer. Facts last reviewed 25 October 2026. Catalogue pcke-cosmos-2026-10-25, page revision 529630fa4193. No ESA, ESO or NASA endorsement is implied.
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