star cluster
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Researchers were able to narrow the signal's origin to a region only 45 light-years across, which is smaller than the typical size of a star cluster.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
On July 30, the crescent moon will float among shining Jupiter, red Mars, the bright star Aldebaran and the pretty Pleiades star cluster before sunrise.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
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
Embedded in the nebula's glowing gas, the star cluster Collinder 249 is visible.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023
A line drawn from Nath in Auriga to Pollux in Gemini, and prolonged about 15°, ends in Præsepe, the Manger, the great star cluster in Cancer, which is also called "The Bee Hive."
From A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott
