Category

Star clusters

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large group of stars

globular cluster

spherical collection of stars

group of "sibling" stars that are loosely gravitationally bound to one another

stellar association

very loosely associated star cluster

deep-sky object

any astronomical object that is not an individual star

star cluster in the constellation Dorado

young massive star cluster

main-sequence star in an open or globular cluster that is more luminous and bluer than stars at the main sequence turnoff point for the cluster

super star cluster

astronomical object type

association of stars orbiting a galaxy

Hypercompact stellar system

cluster of stars around a supermassive black hole

infrared and radio emitting object near the galactic centre

group of early-class stars weakly gravitationally bounded

Melotte Catalogue

Astronomical catalogue of star clusters

dark globular cluster

type of globular star clusters with an unusually high mass for the number of stars within it, populated by objects with significant dark matter components, such as central massive black holes

Robust associations of massive baryonic objects

Proposed type of star cluster