open star cluster
1Star 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… …
2star cluster — noun : a relatively compact group of stars forming a gravitating unit and containing either not more than a few hundred stars or tens of thousands of stars * * * Astron. a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational …
3Coma star cluster — > Cluster name = Coma Star Cluster caption=Melotte 111, taken from a rural location in Derbyshire, England in March 2003. epoch = J2000 class = constellation = Coma Berenices ra = RA|12|22.5cite web title=SIMBAD Astronomical Database work=Results …
4Hyades (star cluster) — Hyades Cluster Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) Constellation …
5Coma Star Cluster — Melotte 111, taken from a rural location in Derbyshire, England, in March 2003. Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation …
6star 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… …
7Jewel 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 …
8Open cluster — Galactic cluster redirects here. See also galaxy groups and clusters NGC 265, an open star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud An open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and… …
9Open cluster remnant — In astronomy, an open cluster remnant (OCR) is the final stage in the evolution of an open star cluster. Contents 1 Theory 2 Observations 3 Simulations 4 References …
10star — 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,… …
