open cluster

open cluster
a more or less irregular star cluster containing tens to thousands of stars

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  • Open cluster — Galactic cluster redirects here. See also galaxy groups and clusters NGC 265, an open star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud An open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and… …   Wikipedia

  • Open Cluster Framework — (OCF) is a set of standards for computer clustering. The project started as a working group of the Free Standards Group, now part of the Linux Foundation. Original supporters included several computing companies and groups, including Compaq,… …   Wikipedia

  • Open cluster remnant — In astronomy, an open cluster remnant (OCR) is the final stage in the evolution of an open star cluster. Contents 1 Theory 2 Observations 3 Simulations 4 References …   Wikipedia

  • Open cluster family — In astronomy, an open cluster family is a group of approximately coeval (age range ∼30 Myr) young open star clusters located in a relatively small region of the Galactic disk (radius ∼250 pc). Introduction Open star clusters do not form in… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • open cluster — noun : a cluster of stars in which all the individual members may be discerned with an optical aid and which is much less compact and has fewer members than a globular cluster; often : a galactic cluster …   Useful english dictionary

  • open cluster — /oʊpən ˈklʌstə/ (say ohpuhn klustuh) noun a group of stars having a common motion through space in which the stars are not densely packed (as in a globular cluster) but are interspersed with gas and dust clouds …  

  • open cluster — noun Astronomy a loose grouping of stars …   English new terms dictionary

  • cluster — clusteringly, adv. clustery, adj. /klus teuhr/, n. 1. a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes. 2. a group of things or persons close together: There was a cluster of tourists at the gate. 3. U.S …   Universalium

  • Cluster — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Cluster », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Sommaire …   Wikipédia en Français

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