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Caption: Figure 1.
Stacked HST composite image of ω Cen. Left: location of the visible star relative to the cluster center (J. Anderson & R. P. van der Marel 2010; M. Häberle et al. 2024b). Right: a closer view of the visible star and its neighbors, including a bright horizontal branch star ∼1″ to the northwest. Image credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Maximilian Häberle (MPIA).
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