globular cluster in English

noun
1
a large compact spherical star cluster, typically of old stars in the outer regions of a galaxy.
Be warned that first-timers can find it difficult to appreciate galaxies, globular clusters , and planetary nebulae.

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1. A typical globular cluster has about 1 million stars.

2. The globular cluster M53 is in the same field as Alpha.

3. The other interesting binocular object in Lepus is the globular cluster M

4. The only other object of immediate interest is the globular cluster M near Zeta.

5. The ship then proceeds much faster than light to visit binary stars — Algol, globular cluster.

6. However, it was first observed as a globular cluster by English astronomer Edmond Halley in 1677.

7. Serpens contains a prominent globular cluster, M which is not far below naked-eye visibility.

8. * In a globular cluster, the stars are packed tightly, about one tenth of a light-year apart.

9. The Hubble telescope also found a globular cluster in Andromeda I, being the least luminous galaxy where such a cluster was found.

10. Capricornus is home to the distinctive globular cluster NGC 7099, or Messier 30, also known as Bennet 128, which is situated about 3 degrees east of the magnitude 3.7 zeta Capriconi

11. Cluster (spacecraft), constellation of four European Space Agency spacecraft Asteroid Cluster, a small asteroid family; Cluster II (spacecraft), a European Space Agency mission to study the magnetosphere Galaxy Cluster, large gravitationally bound groups of galaxies, or groups of groups of galaxies; Globular Cluster, a spherical collection of stars whose orbit

12. Extreme low-luminosity, low surface-brightness and have only been observed in the vicinity of the Milky Way, and possibly other very nearby galaxy groups, such as the Leo group. Their absolute magnitudes are only-# to-# mag. The Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy has an absolute magnitude of-#, making it fainter than the average globular cluster in the Milky Way!