star cluster
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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
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
Embedded in the nebula's glowing gas, the star cluster Collinder 249 is visible.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
Its imagery also revealed a more established star cluster near Earendel that appears to be gravitationally stable and has perhaps even persisted into the present day — if its stars are still alive, that is.
From Scientific American • Aug. 11, 2023
The chief attraction of Hercules we have left for the last, the famous star cluster between η and ζ, No. 4230, more commonly known as M 13.
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
