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    Star clusters are large groups of stars held together by self-gravitation. Two main types of star clusters can be distinguished. Globular clusters are...
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    Collinder 50, or Melotte 25) is the nearest open cluster and one of the best-studied star clusters. Located about 153 light-years (47 parsecs) away from...
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    also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus...
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    Jewel Box as a star cluster was first found by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille while doing astrometric observations for his 1751–1752 southern star catalogue Cœlum...
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    Centauri, was observed in antiquity and long thought to be a star, recognition of the clusters' true nature came with the advent of telescopes in the 17th...
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    structure, such as a star cluster or a galaxy. The word "star" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "h₂stḗr" also meaning star, but further analyzable...
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    An open cluster is a type of star cluster made of tens to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the...
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    star clusters, ordered by diameter in light years, above the size of 50 light years in diameter. This list includes globular clusters, open clusters,...
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    A nuclear star cluster (NSC) or compact stellar nucleus (sometimes called young stellar nucleus) is a star cluster with high density and high luminosity...
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  • There are several astronomical catalogues referred to as Nebulae and Star Clusters. A Nebula is a cloud of dust and gas inside a galaxy. Nebulae become...
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    Coma Star Cluster (also known as Melotte 111 or Collinder 256) is a nearby open cluster located in the constellation Coma Berenices. The cluster contains...
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  • A super star cluster (SSC) is a very massive young open cluster that is thought to be the precursor of a globular cluster. These clusters called "super"...
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    Sirius (redirect from Dog star)
    of these clusters consists of hundreds of stars. In 2017, a massive star cluster was discovered only 10 arcminutes from Sirius, making the two appear...
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    The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger", "cot" or "crib"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189), is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer...
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  • bound objects in the universe, composed of many galaxy clusters Star cluster Globular cluster, a spherical collection of stars whose orbit is either partially...
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    by area List of IAU designated constellations List of open clusters List of globular clusters List of stellar streams List of nearby stellar associations...
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    catalogue of open clusters. The status of this group as a star cluster has changed in recent years. The group was considered to be a cluster for most of the...
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  • for open clusters. Trumpler catalogue, the catalogue of open clusters that he compiled. Trumpler's classification method for open star clusters is still...
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  • Sullivan Jewel Box Park, a type of baseball park Jewel Box (star cluster) (NGC 4755), a star cluster in Crux "Jewel Box", a track on Jeff Buckley's Sketches...
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  • Star Cluster One is a play-by-mail game published by The Buchanan Company. The game was designed by Steve Jackson. Star Cluster One was a game in which...
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    gravitation is generally called a star cluster or galaxy, although, broadly speaking, they are also star systems. Star systems are not to be confused with...
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    called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules Cluster), is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand...
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    mass of the cluster. Galaxy clusters should not be confused with galactic clusters (also known as open clusters), which are star clusters within galaxies...
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    formed by the Coma Star Cluster. The constellation's brightest star is Beta Comae Berenices, a 4.2-magnitude main sequence star similar to the Sun. Coma...
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  • released in 1989. The Five Star Stories takes its name from the Joker Star Cluster where the stories take place. The star cluster is made up of four stars:...
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  • approval comes mostly from its Working Group on Star Names, which has been publishing a "List of IAU-approved Star Names" since 2016. As of April 2022, the list...
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    Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles (Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters). Because Messier was interested only in finding comets, he created...
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  • (open and globular star clusters) (for example: globular star cluster Balbinot 1 in Pegasus) Bar — Barkhatova (open star clusters) (for example: Barkhatova...
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    Snowflake Cluster was granted its name due to its unmistakable pinwheel-like shape and its assortment of bright colors. The Christmas Tree star formation...
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    Nebula (redirect from Nebulous star)
    cataloged the Omicron Velorum star cluster as a "nebulous star" and other nebulous objects, such as Brocchi's Cluster. The supernovas that created the...
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