star cluster
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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.
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- (astronomy) cluster of stars
- (abbreviation): Cl*, Cl
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group of stars
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