star cluster

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star cluster (plural star clusters)

(astronomy) A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.

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(astronomy) cluster of stars
(abbreviation): Cl*, Cl

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stellar association
moving group
stellar stream

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group of stars

Armenian: աստղակույտեր (astġakuyter)
Belarusian: зорнае скопішча n (zórnaje skópišča)
Bengali: তারা গুচ্ছ (tara guccho)
Bulgarian: звезден куп m (zvezden kup)
Catalan: cúmul estel·lar
Czech: hvězdokupa (cs) f
Danish: stjernehob
Dutch: sterrenhoop (nl) m
Esperanto: stelamaso
Estonian: täheparv
Finnish: tähtijoukko (fi)
French: amas stellaire m
Galician: cúmulo estelar (gl) m
Georgian: ვარსკვლავთგროვა (varsḳvlavtgrova)
German: Sternhaufen (de) m
Hebrew: צביר כוכבים
Hindi: तारागुच्छ m (tārāgucch)
Hungarian: halmaz (hu)
Irish: réaltbhraisle f
Italian: ammasso stellare m
Japanese: 星団 (ja) (せいだん, seidan)
Kazakh: үйіржұлдыз (üiırjūldyz)
Korean: 성단 (ko) (seongdan)
Low German: Steernhopen (nds) m
Macedonian: ѕвездено јато n (dzvezdeno jato)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stjernehop (no) m

Nynorsk: stjernehop m
Persian: خوشه ستاره‌ای
Polish: gromada gwiazd (pl) f
Portuguese: aglomerado estelar m, aglomerado (pt) m
Punjabi: ਤਾਰਾ ਗੁੱਛਾ (tārā gucchā)
Romanian: roi de stele n, roi stelar n
Russian: звёздное скопле́ние n (zvjózdnoje skoplénije)
Slovak: hviezdokopa f
Slovene: zvezdna kopica f
Spanish: cúmulo estelar (es) m
Swedish: stjärnhop (sv) c
Tagalog: talumpon
Thai: กระจุกดาว
Turkish: yıldız kümesi (tr)
Ukrainian: зоряне скупчення n (zorjane skupčennja)
Vietnamese: quần tinh, cụm sao, đám sao
Welsh: clwstwr sêr

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