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

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

The study, which has been published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, examined a group of stars located in the nuclear star cluster that makes up the heart of the galaxy.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023

This first result focuses on the protoplanetary disk termed XUE 1, which is located in the star cluster Pismis 24.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 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