Star Clusters
22 entries in the Star Clusters compendium.
Star clusterGroups of stars bound by gravity, formed at similar times.Blue stragglerBlue stragglers are luminous, hot stars defying standard stellar evolution.GCIRS 13EA small cluster near the Galactic Center, possibly hosting an intermediate-mass black hole.Globular clusterGlobular clusters are dense, ancient star groups found in galaxy halos.Hypercompact stellar systemA dense star cluster bound to an ejected supermassive black hole.Infrared clusterStar clusters visible only in infrared due to obscuring gas and dust.Nuclear star clusterDense, luminous star clusters at galactic centers, often coexisting with supermassive black holes.OB associationLoose, unbound groups of young, massive O and B stars.Open clusterOpen clusters are loose groups of young stars formed from the same cloud.Open cluster familyGroups of coeval young open clusters in the Galactic disk.Open cluster remnantFinal evolutionary stage of an open star cluster.Sagittarius A* clusterStars orbiting the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole.Stellar associationLoose, gravitationally unbound star groups sharing common origin and motion.Super star clusterA massive young open cluster thought to evolve into a globular cluster.47 TucanaeSecond brightest globular cluster, rich in pulsars and exotic stars.FSR 1758A large, obscured globular cluster possibly from an accreted dwarf galaxy.Laevens 1The most distant Milky Way globular cluster known.Liller 1Massive, gamma-ray-bright globular cluster near the Milky Way's center.Mayall IIBrightest globular cluster in the Local Group, orbiting Andromeda.MGC1Isolated globular cluster likely bound to Andromeda Galaxy.NGC 121Oldest globular cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud.NGC 1466Old globular cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud outskirts.
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