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Omega Centauri

from The Streichfett Sessions by Alchymie

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Piano & Streichfett improvisations inspired by the Cosmos.

In 150 AD, Greco-Roman writer and astronomer Ptolemy catalogued this object in his Almagest as a star on the horse's back, "Quae est in principio scapulae". Omega Centauri (ω Cen, NGC 5139, or Caldwell 80) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar object by Edmond Halley in 1677. Located at a distance of 17,090 light-years (5,240 pc), it is the largest known globular cluster in the Milky Way at a diameter of roughly 150 light-years. It is estimated to contain approximately 10 million stars, and a total mass equivalent to 4 million solar mass making it the most massive known globular cluster in the Milky Way. At a distance of about 17,090 light-years (5,240 pc) from Earth, Omega Centauri is one of the few globular clusters visible to the naked eye—and appears almost as large as the full moon when seen from a dark, rural area. It is the brightest, largest and, at 4 million solar mass the most massive known globular cluster associated with the Milky Way. Of all the globular clusters in the Local Group of galaxies, only Mayall II in the Andromeda Galaxy is brighter and more massive. Orbiting through the Milky Way, Omega Centauri contains several million Population II stars and is about 12 billion years old.

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from The Streichfett Sessions, track released February 1, 2021
Piano, Streichfett Alchymie

Mixed & Mastered Laila Kalantari

Recorded August 2020

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NOAO/AURA/NSF, NASA/JPL-Caltech/M.Boyer (University of Minnesota)

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Alchymie Naples, Florida

Alchymie / aka Jennifer Theuer Ruzicka/, was created in 2013. Through electronic and acoustic instruments, sound loops, and field recordings Alchymie spans ambient soundscapes, electronica and drone painting textural atmospheres of sound for recordings or performances with a conceptual focus. ... more

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