Open star clusters
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| definition | A loose grouping of dozens or hundreds of young stars distributed in a region a few light-years across. Open clusters are relatively young, typically containing many hot, highly luminous stars. They are located within the disk of the Galaxy, whence their older name Galactic clusters. | |||||||||||
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| contributor | AAS_Frey.Katie_Admin original | |||||||||||