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star cluster

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noun

Astronomy.
  1. a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction.


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As the Moon rises it will form a triangle with the Pleiades star cluster and the bright star Aldebaran.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

But there are other stories about suddenly disappearing stars, such as the Greek myth associated with the Pleiades star cluster, commonly known as the Seven Sisters.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Mars will buzz the Beehive star cluster on Dec. 5.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

To locate this newfound brown dwarf, Luhman and his colleague, Catarina Alves de Oliveira, chose to study the star cluster IC 348, located about 1,000 light-years away in the Perseus star-forming region.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

This is the only star cluster which can be perceived to be moving in space, or which has an ascertained common proper motion.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

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