Star clusters are large groups of stars held together by self-gravitation. Two main types of star clusters can be distinguished. Globular clusters are...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

star clusters, ordered by diameter in light years, above the size of 50 light years in diameter. This list includes globular clusters, open clusters,...

A nuclear star cluster (NSC) or compact stellar nucleus (sometimes called young stellar nucleus) is a star cluster with high density and high luminosity...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

bound objects in the universe, composed of many galaxy clusters Star cluster Globular cluster, a spherical collection of stars whose orbit is either partially...

by area List of IAU designated constellations List of open clusters List of globular clusters List of stellar streams List of nearby stellar associations...

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...

for open clusters. Trumpler catalogue, the catalogue of open clusters that he compiled. Trumpler's classification method for open star clusters is still...

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...

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...

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...

called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules Cluster), is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand...

mass of the cluster. Galaxy clusters should not be confused with galactic clusters (also known as open clusters), which are star clusters within galaxies...

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...

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...

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:...

Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles (Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters). Because Messier was interested only in finding comets, he created...

Snowflake Cluster was granted its name due to its unmistakable pinwheel-like shape and its assortment of bright colors. The Christmas Tree star formation...

(open and globular star clusters) (for example: globular star cluster Balbinot 1 in Pegasus) Bar — Barkhatova (open star clusters) (for example: Barkhatova...

brightest star appears in the eastern part of the cluster and is of the 7th magnitude; another bright star has a yellow hue. Dolidze 11 is an open cluster 400...