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See open cluster.
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in astronomy, any group of young stars held together by mutual gravitation (see star cluster).* * *
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galactic cluster
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open cluster — Astron. a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies. Also, galactic cluster.… … Universalium
