star cluster

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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

In more evolved galaxies with lots of supernova explosions, those explosions heat gas in a star cluster to very high temperatures -- to millions of degrees Kelvin, Oey said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

"The photographers have managed to capture the vibrant colours of the nebula as well as the embedded star cluster."

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023

One of these objects is the star cluster in Hercules; the other is the great nebula in Orion.

From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir