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
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
Embedded in the nebula's glowing gas, the star cluster Collinder 249 is visible.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 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
The irregular nebula, shapeless and void like that of Orion; the spiral, ring, and planetary nebul� and the star cluster, clearly differ in amount of progress toward their final goal.
From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.
