Spitzer captures new images of Omega Centauri

NASA's Spitzer Space telescope has captured new images of a globular cluster known as Omega Centauri. A globular cluster, is a cluster of stars that are some of the oldest objects in the universe. Many of their stars are more than 12 billion years old.
Unlike other clusters, Omega Centauri seemed to have less of the dusty stars others had and varying ages of stars. Astronomers say that Omega Centauri's unusual make-up points to an alternative origin than other globular clusters. They believe that this one may be from a dwarf galaxy that was partially absorbed by our own Milky Way.
The new image that Spitzer took, with its infrared view and combined with visible light data, can be seen here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/20080410.html.