super star cluster (SSC) is a very massive young open cluster that is thought to be the precursor of a globular cluster. These clusters called "super"...
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A star cluster is a group of stars held together by self-gravitation. Two main types of star clusters can be distinguished: globular clusters, tight groups...
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includes globular clusters, open clusters, super star clusters, and other types. List of most massive star clusters "Terzan 7 @ seds". Archived from the original...
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regions of star formation known as super star clusters, such as Westerlund 1 in the Milky Way, may be the precursors of globular clusters. Many of the...
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An open cluster is a type of star cluster made of tens to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the...
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Westerlund 1 (redirect from ARA CLUSTER)
Ara Cluster) is a compact young super star cluster about 3.8 kpc (12,000 ly) away from Earth. It is thought to be the most massive young star cluster in...
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HD 97950 (category Open clusters)
core of a super star cluster within the NGC 3603 H II region (similar to R136 within the Tarantula Nebula). It was catalogued as a single star, but has...
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LMC N79 (category Super star clusters)
being N77 and N79-E being N83. The central nebula N79-S contains the super star cluster (SSC) H72.97-69.39, also called HSO BMHERICC J072.9711-69.3911. This...
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NGC 2366 (section Super star clusters within Mrk 71)
all these years." Within the region known as Mrk 71, there are two super star clusters (SSC) which are named 'A' and 'B' or 'Knot A' and 'Knot B'. Other...
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Ara (constellation) (section Open clusters)
northwestern part of Ara. Within the constellation is Westerlund 1, a super star cluster that contains the red supergiant Westerlund 1-26, one of the largest...
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S2CID 252598653. Pascale, M.; Dai, L. (2024). "A Young Super Star Cluster Powering a Nebula of Retained Massive Star Ejecta". Astrophysical Journal. 976 (2): 24...
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is a red supergiant located at the outskirts of the Westerlund 1 super star cluster. It is one of the largest known stars and the most luminous supergiant...
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Virgo Stellar Stream (redirect from Virgo super star cluster)
SDSS. The number of stars in the stream is not greatly in excess of a star cluster, and it has been described by a member of the team that discovered it...
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Pascale, M.; Dai, L. (2024). "A Young Super Star Cluster Powering a Nebula of Retained Massive Star Ejecta". Astrophysical Journal. 976 (2): 24...
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Collinder 50, or Melotte 25) is the nearest open cluster and one of the best-studied star clusters. Located about 153 light-years (47 parsecs) away from...
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two prominent super star clusters with different histories. Both clusters have experienced episodic star formation. Super star cluster A, located in the...
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RCW 38 (category Open clusters)
is a star-forming region in the southern constellation of Vela (known as the Sails). It includes an embedded HII region and a super star cluster. This...
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lists of the most massive known star clusters in solar masses (M☉) and sorted in descending order. Globular cluster masses can be determined by observing...
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NGC 2070 (category Open clusters)
cluster and candidate super star cluster forming the heart of the bright region in the centre-south-east of the Large Magellanic Cloud. This cluster was...
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The super star clusters are arranged in an ellipse around the center of NGC 253, which from the Earth's perspective appears as a flat line. Star formation...
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Westerlund 2 (category Open clusters)
Westerlund 2 is an obscured compact young star cluster (perhaps even a super star cluster) in the Milky Way, with an estimated age of about one or two...
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R136 (category Super star clusters)
Clouds catalogue) is the central concentration of stars in the NGC 2070 star cluster, which lies at the centre of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic...
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It is one out of four known red supergiants in the Westerlund 1 super star cluster. As a red supergiant, it would be one of the largest known stars and...
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years), including a number of star clusters and stellar associations. NGC 4214 also has two older super star clusters, both with an age of 200 million...
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NGC 3603 (category Star-forming regions)
is a massive H II region containing a very compact open cluster (probably a super star cluster) HD 97950. NGC 3603 was observed by John Herschel on 14...
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NGC 1850 (category Globular clusters)
NGC 1850 is a double cluster and a super star cluster in the Dorado constellation, located in the northwest part of the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud...
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in which players built bases and ships to take over a star cluster recovering from a recent super-nova. Exploration using diplomacy and intrigue to discover...
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or Wd 1-75 is a red supergiant (RSG) located in the Westerlund 1 super star cluster. Its radius is calculated to be around 668 solar radii (4.65 × 108...
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Tarantula Nebula (category Star-forming regions)
30 Doradus has often been treated as the designation of a star, or of the central star cluster NGC 2070, but is now generally treated as referring to the...
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Andromeda Galaxy (section Globular clusters)
Grijs, Richard; Yang, Yanbin; et al. (2006). "A 'super' star cluster grown old: the most massive star cluster in the Local Group". Monthly Notices of the Royal...
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