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• Star cluster — Star clusters are groups of stars which are gravitationally bound. Two distinct types of star cluster can be distinguished: globular clusters are tight groups of hundreds of thousands of very old stars, while open clusters generally contain less… …   Wikipedia

• star cluster — Astron. a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Cf. globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association. * * * ▪ astronomy Introduction  either of two general types of stellar assemblages held… …   Universalium

• star — starless, adj. /stahr/, n., adj., v., starred, starring. n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astron. any of the large, self luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris,… …   Universalium

• Star — For other uses, see Star (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Star system — This article is about stars in outer space. For the Hollywood star system, see Star system (film). For a system of planets around a star, see Planetary system. A star system or stellar system is a small number of stars which orbit each other,[1]… …   Wikipedia

• Star Wars galaxy — for the Star Wars themed MMORPG on PC, see Star Wars Galaxies The Star Wars galaxy is the fictional setting for the Star Wars franchise. It is referred to in several official publications as the Galaxy or the Known Galaxy. Galactic divisionsThe… …   Wikipedia

• Star formation — is the process by which dense parts of molecular clouds collapse into a ball of plasma to form a star. As a branch of astronomy star formation includes the study of the interstellar medium and giant molecular clouds as precursors to the star… …   Wikipedia

• Hyades (star cluster) — Hyades Cluster Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) Constellation …   Wikipedia

• Jewel Box (star cluster) — This article is about article is about the star cluster. For other uses, see Jewel box. Jewel Box NGC 4755 taken by the VLT Credit: ESO …   Wikipedia

• Super star cluster — A super star cluster (SSC) is a very large region of star formation thought to be the precursor of a globular cluster.cite journal author = Gallagher Grebel year = 2002 title = Extragalactic Star Clusters: Speculations on the Future journal =… …   Wikipedia

• Multiple star — Artist s impression of the orbits of HD 188753, a triple star system A multiple star consists of three or more stars which appear from the Earth to be close to one another in the sky. This may result from the stars being physically close and… …   Wikipedia