star cluster
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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
Theories suggest that rogue planets are more likely to be found in the outskirts of a star cluster, so expanding the search area may identify them if they exist within IC 348.
From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023
The nuclear star cluster has mainly been seen, quite rightly, as a very ancient part of the galaxy.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023
June 2: Mars will pass directly through the Beehive star cluster, an easy “binoculars object” that contains dozens or even hundreds of visible stars.
From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2023
Yet it may possibly be an immensely distant star cluster instead of a nebula, since its spectrum does not appear to be gaseous.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman