star cluster
Noun
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Noun
star cluster (plural star clusters)
- (astronomy) A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.
- (star) cluster of stars
- (abbreviation) Cl*, Cl
- French: amas stellaire
- German: Sternhaufen
- Portuguese: aglomerado estelar, aglomerado
- Russian: звёздное скопле́ние
- Spanish: cúmulo estelar
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