star cluster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

star cluster star clusters

Synonyms

cluster of stars Cl* Cl

Related words

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