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Monday, June 11, 2012

Star clusters


Star cluster is a group of stars detained jointly since regards the result of gravitation. Star clusters are classified into two groups: open clusters, which have no definite shape, and globular clusters, which are spherical or nearly spherical. The open consist of a few hundred young stars, while globular clusters contain more than a thousand times that amount, and are generally very old stars. Globular clusters form a halo around our galaxy, the Milky Way, while the open is located in the spiral arms. Open clusters are much more numerous than globular: about 1,000 are known in our galaxy and there are only 140 globular.